If you are a great leader you are trying to get the best people in your organization because they will lift your organization to new heights. Of course, anyone who leads imagines themselves to be a great leader, or at least the best leader within their scope of influence. However, the test is who theyContinue reading “A’s Hire A’s and B’s Hire C’s”
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Build on Solid Ground
Each day we are striving to become our best, but life happens. We get upset. We get frustrated. We get depressed. We allow other people or circumstances beyond our control to have a greater influence over our lives than they deserve. Why is this? It is because we do not build our decision-making processes onContinue reading “Build on Solid Ground”
Stillness and Beauty
Today I saw every tree in the forest with a beautiful coat of thick frost. What was an evergreen was now an ice tree, a dormant hardwood a gentle shimmering diamond sculpture. What caught me as a thought more deeply about this beautiful landscape was that to achieve this pristine ice blanket the forest mustContinue reading “Stillness and Beauty”
Consistency In Actions
Consistency is the basis for character. We are not our thoughts, even though they will some day drive our actions. We are not an individual action conveniently placed for others to see how great we are. We are the sum of our actions. We are the difficult decisions rooted in principle. And as this sumContinue reading “Consistency In Actions”
Stewardship
We must pass the best things of our world to the next generations in a form as good or better than we found it. This is stewardship, a form of leadership to last ages, whether a creating family business, a government, or the environment. Stewards are the leaders who recognize timeless values of the organization.Continue reading “Stewardship”
Let It Be
Let it be. Paul McCartney’s words are soul-refreshing in this time. We can control very little in this world, and as humans, are extremely vulnerable creatures. Yet some of us have had so much go right that it pulls a veil over our thoughts, making us believe we are completely responsible for these successes. StillContinue reading “Let It Be”
This too, shall pass.
My Unknowing Preparation For COVID-19 Isolation – This too, shall pass. I have been a hobby level student of Stoic philosophy and Buddhist acceptance of things for a few years now. The stripping away of everything superficial and getting down to what is real has a tremendous appeal to me. This modest interest has turnedContinue reading “This too, shall pass.”
Stoic Optimism 