Category: Discipline

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Leadership with a Small ‘I’

Leading with a small ‘l’ is about quiet leadership: guiding, showing the way, by behavior, encouragement, and example. It’s the belief and

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Talking Out of School

Recently I was disappointed to learn that a team member in a leadership role had been sharing doubts with their team; misgivings

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No One Drifts into Wisdom

Wisdom is a far, far different beast than merely being smart or educated and it is rarely if ever acquired passively. Wisdom

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Laziness is Real… and Occasionally Misdiagnosed

Gemini AI defined laziness ‘aka indolence or sloth, a disinclination to activity or exertion despite having the ability to act.’ Yet what

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Safety Has a Price

Let me begin by saying balance (Scott Peck’s 4th Tool of Discipline from ‘The Road Less Traveled’) applies here. I’ve chosen safety

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The Advantages of Adversity

I’ve frequently said that I’d had the “good fortune to experience a period of poverty and chaos in my childhood” because it

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Tell Me About Your Eyeglass, Please

Imagine there sits on top of your dresser two sets of eyeglasses. One has green colored lenses, the other red. Which one

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The Superpower of High Achievers

Want to be more, do more, go further, get more accomplished with the same if not less effort? Get ORGANIZED! Structure is

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That Wasn’t the Question

Sometimes, when motivation is on the low side, I pretend I’m hearing from someone else the excuses I’m hearing in my head:

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Are You A Drifter?

I’ve this theory we all go the same distance in life or at least have the potential to do so. Thing is,

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Finding the Fire

Have you ever ‘lost that loving feeling?’ Days when you just couldn’t seem to find your rhythm? Life seemed a bit bleak