Tag Archive: core values

Fuzzy Values Make Exhausted Leaders

Others run your life until you know your values.

Stop wandering in a fog of “shoulds.”

“Our values show us the path and motivate us to pursue it.” Paul Ingram

When values are fuzzy decisions are exhausting.

Values: Where Good Intentions Go to Die

The work isn’t crafting values; it’s living them.

Values show up in calendars, promotions, and confrontations.

What’s your system for aligning behaviors with commitments? When did your last meeting compare convictions with actions?

Leaders huddle in conference rooms debating definitions, grammar, and punctuation. Daily practice is all that counts.

The Power of Values-Based Decisions

Life is a series of decisions. Eating broccoli instead of pudding is a decision. So is hitting the snooze button, going to the gym, or stealing office supplies. Decisions are a dance with… Continue reading

How to Experience the Vitality of Being True to Yourself

The #1 regret of the dying is, “I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.” The only way to be true to yourself… Continue reading

How to Open Closed Minds

You aren’t open minded if you haven’t recently changed your mind. Discussing, debating, and exploring are window dressing if you aren’t adapting. Manipulators pretend to be open-minded but they’ve already made up their… Continue reading