Efforts to make things better are persistently blocked by a bottleneck. Now what? Pour out your good stuff, even when disappointed with others. Hardened bottlenecks: Forget the big pictures. Resist what might be. Use policy… Continue reading
It doesn’t matter how inspired you feel, if others don’t feel it. Martin Luther King Jr. inspired people, not because he had a dream, but because others felt the dream in themselves. You… Continue reading
Two young men, in a small coffee shop, taught me about leadership. George and Tyler left on Christmas Eve to serve at a children’s home in Beirut. They’re back for classes. Yesterday, we… Continue reading
Leaders call themselves and others to discomfort, not ease. If it’s easy to achieve, it’s below your potential. The more meaningful your dream, the more it requires of you. Breakthroughs occur at the collision… Continue reading
Yapping dogs make irritating leaders. Successful leaders don’t run around barking. Don’t aspire to lead because you want to tell people what to do. Seek to release, not control. Talented people don’t enjoy being barked at.… Continue reading
It’s tragic when leaders piss away their energy and talent on things that don’t matter. If at the end of the day, you wonder what you did, it didn’t matter. The question to answer in a pressure-packed world… Continue reading
