If you find yourself under pressure, it's more than likely because you have earned that right and there is a part of you that wants this exact moment. The mother or father that is feeling the pressure of parenthood, the employee with a career opportunity, the sports star with the big game. You want those... Continue Reading →
Good character is heavy
The heaviness of choosing the right way over the easy way must be accepted. Not just the thought of the weight, or words about the weight, but the physical moving of the weight; The lifting, the sweating, the bleeding, the heaving and the shouldering. Without training this capability, without callousing the hands and strengthening the... Continue Reading →
Find the win
There will be days that you experience that will feel full of losses. Hit after hit after hit seemingly going against you. It will feel easy to hide behind these losses and write the day off. However, an opportunity for a win will present itself should you have the grit to take the action necessary... Continue Reading →
A warrior in the garden
"It's better to be a warrior in the garden than a gardener in a war." - Chinese Proverb Capability is built so that it can be leaned on when the time calls for it. Don't find excuses not to build it, because the excuses could prove too costly.
Professional Good Human
Wake up every day with one simple career aspiration, to be a professional good human. After that, everything is a bonus. Without that, the world is a worse place. Businesses are a worse place. Teams are a worse place. Families are a worse place. Character first, always. Anything less is a travesty.
Sometimes it comes too early
When I sat down to start to write tonight, I started thinking about how I feel that my rhythm for writing is in a much better place than in previous stints, that I am really starting to get into the flow of the process. I have tried to force this flow numerous times before and... Continue Reading →
Disruption
For things to have potential for new growth, they need disruption. As a farmer, soil needs disruption and stimulus to provide more potential for new growth. As a human, our lives need disruption from comfort to provide more potential for new growth. We have to get our hands dirty and turn the soil. Inspired Lion
From here to there
"Instead of being upset when someone makes a point we don't like today, try to really listen to them. Don't think about all the ways they are wrong, take a moment to think about where they think you are wrong. Assume good faith on behalf of the person on the other side of the issue... Continue Reading →
Control the controllable
Tonight, in a local sports game, I let circumstances that are outside of my control affect me. Luckily, we still managed a win but I chose to act more poorly than I expect of myself. I let officials decisions and opposing players actions affect my own mindset and that's something that although disappoints me, presents... Continue Reading →
Moments part II
There are so many opportunities each day to positively impact a moment for a fellow human, yet we so rapidly find reasons to not pursue them. Why do we do that? Why do we stifle the generous impulse? Maybe it's because our brains want to keep us safe and reaching into vulnerability seems risky, or... Continue Reading →
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