The Width and Depth of Your Life

Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction. – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry You may be wondering how “leadership” and (Saint-Exupery’s thoughts on) “love” are related, but they are. Sort of. Let’s put aside the “gazing at each other” part of the quote and focus on…

He who is outside his door has the hardest part of his journey behind him. – Dutch proverb The hardest thing about anything is starting. Not because the first step is the hardest of the steps, compared to the others. But because there is Safety and anything (and everything) else. It’s kinda like going swimming…

I was reading a great article from Mark Manson wherein he introduces a Law. He calls it Manson’s Law of Avoidance and it goes as follows: The more something threatens your identity, the more you will avoid doing it. This is such a valuable thought and insight. It explains why we so often don’t do…

Find life experiences and swallow them whole. Travel. Meet many people. Go down some dead ends and explore dark alleys. Try everything. Exhaust yourself in the glorious pursuit of life. – Lawrence K. Fish Live while you’re alive. When you’re dead it’ll be too late.

Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people. – Earl Nightingale We often get confused about things “work.” So often we think we have to have all the answers and all the know-how and all the resources (often before we even start . . ….

It’s college graduation season. There are going to be many commencement speakers giving advice and ideas to fresh-faced 20-somethings about to go to go out in the “real world.” I want to challenge you to imagine that you’re graduating too. What would you say to yourself if you were transitioning from one phase to another?…