Pour Energy into Energy

Pockets of energy are your future. Some areas of work are back holes. You pour energy in but get nothing back.

Pour energy into energy.

When fire flares up pour gas on it. You can’t pull back and move forward at the same time.

Beyond the Wilderness: 4 Strategies When Life is Uphill

Moses spent 40 years in the desert. Nelson Mandel spent 27 years in prison. In the 1930, Winston Churchill was marginalized because he warned England about Hitler.

The wilderness is an inner experience, not a place.

4 strategies when life feels uphill.

Leadership Lessons from a Dishwasher

My friend Glen Van Peski’s book is released today. “take less. do more.”

I couldn’t be more delighted to host today’s guest post. His story energizes me.

Glen is providing 20 books for Leadership Freak readers.

Leave a comment on today’s post to become eligible.

I highly recommend Glen’s book.

From Boss to Leader: How Perspective Taking Energizes People

Taking perspective is more important than giving perspective when leading. But many leaders run around spouting their perspective without learning how others see the world.

Perspective taking increases influence, energizes others, and builds trust.

Here are three actionable approaches to the art of perspective taking.

7 Questions to Declutter Your Day

The unexamined life collapse into trivialities.

Declutter your day before distraction defines you.

Every sunrise is your opportunity to declutter and begin again.

Choose one or two of the following questions to move you toward greater satisfaction today.

Imagination – Not Logic – Drives Leadership

Willy Wonka built a land of pure imagination and so do you.

Decisions are shaped by imagination. Evan a logical list of pros and cons is based on imagined eventualities.

Your view of the future explains how you live today.

Leaders imagine the future.