Millennial Leaders – Building a Horizontal View
Through Trust Across America, I had an opportunity to host an hour radio show. Generation Y – or Millennials – have several unique characteristics, and my focus was on this generation and how it may change leadership and working principles. Many of the key points from this discussion centered on two key elements: Horizontal View…
The Importance of a Strong Storyline – Lance Armstrong
I am not a Lance Armstrong expert, but his storyline has been: Little known biker gets cancer Biker expected to die but recovers stronger than ever Biker wins seven races in a row, becomes very famous and wealthy Biker starts cancer foundation It is a solid personal story, branching out to touch many, many lives….
An Unlife Life: Five Different Perspectives
In October, I wrote a post entitled “Creating an Unlife Life.” This post led to a few more and then to a call for others to join in. A few have. It also led to a discovery of others writing about similar life principles. Highlighted below are some of the recent unlife life posts and…
How to Avoid Drift into Mediocrity
Kent Julian recently asked the following question on his blog, Live It Forward: “What strategies do you use to avoid the drift into mediocrity?” Read his post “Beware of the Drift into Mediocrity” to gain more context. It is an essential question to answer. In thinking through my answer, it came down to story. What…
Three Vignettes on Unlife Life Choices
Creating an unlife life is vital. It is a balance of unlearning and learning to live unstuck, empowering us to grow and live a purpose-filled life. To build on this philosophy, this post contains a unique mix of three perspectives on an unlife life. Unbuckle. Have you ever had that feeling of “it just isn’t…
Creating an Unlife Life
Our lives contain an interesting mix of past and present. We carry forward a legacy from our parents, our experiences, and our communities. Many of these elements can be good, as they form a foundation from which we can build. Some can be bad, as they can hold us back or carry forward unhealthy habits…
Transform Leadership Junk into Value – 5 Steps
Having grown up on a family farm, we always had a junk pile. What was on the junk pile could be a mix of spare parts, good iron, or just plain scraps of what once was. Some of it, eventually, was sold off, used, or just stayed there, year after year. With our good junk,…
How to Navigate Life in Work – Six Considerations
As leaders, we catch glimpses of people’s lives. There are challenges of all sorts going on in people’s lives. Every now and then, we catch a glance as the whale of life appears above the surface. We know it happens, as we know life is imperfect. We want perfect, but that only happens in the…
How to Select the Right Life Path Jumps
There are three types of people in this world. Those who do no harm as we navigate our life path. Those who pull us up to a new purpose-filled life path. Those who pull us down to a dreary, frustrated life path. Whether we recognize it at the time, there are people we encounter who…
A Pendulum of Freedom and Responsibility
It is a pendulum of freedom and responsibility. In tandem, both keep us moving in the right direction. It is a choice of evaporating or creating momentum.
Life Is About Momentum, Not Motions
“Going through the motions…” It is a phrase we hear maybe too often. It seems to mean we are just moving through activities without much thought or meaning. It may be like sleepwalking through a job or zoning out at home. Going through the motions is not a positive indication of living a life fully…
The Other Side of Stamina – Success
Last week was Spring Break. We packed up and headed to Colorado for a week of skiing. I don’t ski though. Never have, and may never. It is not an issue of stamina, just slightly brittle bones. While the family skis, I spend time to catch up on projects and hike. This year it was…