Category: Choices

Of Eagles

I am not so wise as to know what wis­dom is, and pre­tend­ing only calls up its oppo­site, fol­ly.  A cou­ple of years ago I was cross­ing one of the float­ing bridges that spans Lake Wash­ing­ton, here near Seat­tle. You can see the bridge in the image below. I was dri­ving east — in the image from… Con­tin­ue read­ing Of Eagles

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The Air is There, Waiting

There are two sto­ries that I find myself telling. One, spo­ken by the voice of my fears, tells me that I am alone, mis­un­der­stood, and dif­fer­ent from oth­ers in a way that will always keep me iso­lat­ed and unrec­og­nized. It’s depress­ing. The sec­ond voice “flips” this empha­sis on dif­fer­ence from a lia­bil­i­ty to an asset… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Air is There, Waiting

Anatomy of a Conflict

Despite all the good advice about resolv­ing con­flict, per­haps best exem­pli­fied by Stephen Cov­ey’s famous line, “Seek first to under­stand, then to be under­stood,” peo­ple most­ly don’t. When the emo­tion of con­flict takes over and the high­er func­tion­ing parts of the brain have been hijacked, what we want is to be under­stood, to be seen… Con­tin­ue read­ing Anato­my of a Conflict

The Arc: Living the Full Story of Your Personal Power

Let’s imag­ine a “sto­ry­board;” you know, a series of images that are like a com­ic strip or a plan for a movie. Except this sto­ry­board rep­re­sents a series of impor­tant moments in your life, learn­ing, and lead­er­ship work. What pic­tures would be there as the major turn­ing points of your own sto­ry? And where, if… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Arc: Liv­ing the Full Sto­ry of Your Per­son­al Power