In a transactional world where on-time, within-budget results are the Holy Grail, it is no wonder that what we often seek most is not how to grow as leaders but simply how to get other people to do what we want them to do. The study of our leadership too often becomes the study of… Continue reading Having Tea with the Dragon
The Ecology of Personal Growth
The idea of ecology is that we are part of a constantly interconnected living system. As individuals, we evolve and transform together. Yet we do commonly believe in our isolation, in lives uniquely separate from all others. We have our own thoughts and feelings, our own identities — or at least we think and feel… Continue reading The Ecology of Personal Growth
An Old, Universal Idea
Getting out of our own way is the biggest challenge. Whether we struggle with hubris or shame (or some of each), the challenge is waking up to what transcends our personal beliefs and mindsets, our collective conditioning, our inner and outer cultures that like mist on a window obscure our view of what’s real. Putting… Continue reading An Old, Universal Idea
On Negative Ego
An elderly man I once knew — and now probably long dead — used to complain bitterly about all the people with negative ego. I never really understood what he meant by the term, as it seemed to derive from some of the esoteric and cultish literature he frequently read. It felt far afield of… Continue reading On Negative Ego