Category Archives: Reflecting

Do you have relentless courage?

What are you relentlessly committed to pursue? Is there something that rises up to the level of importance that nothing could make you give in, even when heat of affliction is dialed way up? In 1942, at the height ...

Are you a possibility thinker?

Are you a possibility thinker? There’s power in thinking purposefully about possibilities. Often it takes the seemingly impossible awaken it. Consider the heroic efforts by the Apollo 13 crew and the NASA engineers who worked tirelessly to jury-rig a ...

Are you overworking?

Are you overworking? It’s easy to think the answer to that question lies in counting the number of hours you spend at work each week. Many of us have a magic line in the sand; is it 40 hours? ...

Are you superfluous?

Are you superfluous? If you’re male, you just might be; at least according to the Opinion Pages of the New York Times. They recently ran an Op-Ed piece entitled “Men, Who Needs Them?” In it, biology and criminal justice professor at ...

Recreating your mental culture

Let’s talk culture. Business culture experts agree: If you’ve been leading an organization for five years or more and don’t like its culture, you need only take a look in the mirror. You created it. Or failed to recreate ...

Olympians in our midst

Over one billion people reportedly watched the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in London. Olympic organizers estimate that over four billion people will watch the games this year on television while tens of thousands will be there in-person. ...

Is there a right way to journal?

Is there a right way to journal? For many years I subscribed to the popular notion that journaling is a highly individualized endeavor; there’s no wrong way to do it. Holding that view probably contributed to my initial frustration ...