Category: Self-Knowledge

Self-Control, Self-Confrontation and…Self-Conflict

It is no sur­prise that devot­ed, self-dis­­­ci­­plined, per­fec­tion­is­tic peo­ple — peo­ple with high ideals and addict­ed to their expec­ta­tions for self-improve­­ment — can be so cru­el to them­selves.  We bright achiev­ers, peo­ple who feel it is our oblig­a­tion to know our­selves and con­front our faults, may find our­selves in par­tic­u­lar­ly chal­leng­ing lead­er­ship roles only to… Con­tin­ue read­ing Self-Con­trol, Self-Con­fronta­tion and…Self-Conflict

On Soul Sparks: A Postscript

The con­cept of “soul sparks” comes from Jon Mertz’s great new book, Acti­vate Lead­er­ship: Aspen Truths to Empow­er Mil­len­ni­al Lead­ers. Jon defines soul sparks this way: “Soul sparks are those small igni­tions of inspi­ra­tion that fan into big changes, new direc­tions, or fresh works. They come from deep down inside.” At his request, I’m hon­ored… Con­tin­ue read­ing On Soul Sparks: A Postscript

Leadership and Decency

We have a dream, an ide­al of lead­er­ship that it should be an intel­li­gi­ble sphere whose cen­ter is every­where and cir­cum­fer­ence is nowhere. Of course this idea is that we all see our­selves as lead­ers, that we all oper­ate with unspo­ken under­stand­ing and uni­ty derived from the best parts of who we are as peo­ple.… Con­tin­ue read­ing Lead­er­ship and Decency