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Monthly Archives: January 2010
The Beauty In Burdens
Did you know the roots of a tree grow deeper in the ground during storm season? I never knew that until today. I was grateful to hear it though, because it makes sense. Nature is pretty smart and does not waste things. Nature uses things. It creates constantly and uses all its resources to continue thriving. I think some people are like that too. They use the storms of their lives to grow. They don’t pretend things are perfect and they use the good and the bad for growth. After over a decade of teaching leadership, I think this may … 
The Freedom of Vigilance
It’s so sexy and fun coming up with new goals and objectives. Most of us are pretty good at coming up with them. Fewer of us are good at sticking to them. It’s like glitter and gold talking about them. Sounds great when we sit around the board room table or in the kitchen over champagne talking about what we want different in our business or life. Then, the holiday’s are over and the intention of the goal begins to wane. It doesn’t sound fun anymore and the reality of the objective requires discipline and persistence. It also requires great …
Lighten Up And Lead
Don’t get so serious. Most of the bad stuff we conjure up doesn’t happen. Somebody even told me a statistic on it once. I can’t remember the exact number but the odds are highly stacked in your favor. It’s pretty hard to roll with the punches when I get too serious. I can’t really see the flexibility in a situation or a solution when I get overly positioned. I know a few leaders that have some pretty serious responsibility. These leaders deal with consequences that affect life and death scenarios. It’s understandable how they might get a little serious sometimes. …
Proclaiming Life Leadership
It was a public declaration of life. There were a thousand of us that put our bodies into the ice cold water of the Boulder Reservoir on New Years Day. While we all did the same thing, which to most seems crazy; everyone did it with there own personal style. It was like being stuck with pins and needles as I swam/ran my way to the ice edge of the lake. Actually, it hurt like hell; until the exhilaration overtook the physical pain. It was exhilarating, life affirming as my friend Steve Ruskaup called it. That’s why we did it, …
