Followers see life at ground level, and the situation right in front of them. Managers sit on their shoulders and see out to the next block. Leaders are way in front of them all and can see around the next corner. What’s your view right now? Look at the relief map of a leader’s life, out there […]

Heat. Fires. Delta Variant. Infrastructure. Reopening. Remasking. Isn’t this supposed to be our vacation month? Leadership thrives against a backdrop of chaos… if you know what to expect next. Last week we talked about the morning-after achievement, against-the-odds: when you have hit your numbers, nailed your goal, accomplished what they said wasn’t possible… the Doldrums

There’s nowhere to go but down! We’re on the countdown to the new year. The holiday crowd thinks that to be the week after Christmas, but everyone knows that Labor Day marks the transition from summer vacation distractions to the launch of the last months of the calendar year. It’s August! No summer slump here;

That’s one for the books! Every language has its own idioms – phrases with meaning that goes beyond the normal usage of the words found in them – and they “work,” because everybody understands. Group shorthand… We all understand that most of life comes-and-goes without significance. Hours are spent on busy-work that has to be

Bitcoin(s) are up; books are down. Trends are troubling, but they don’t care about our feelings. The rise of literacy has no direct effect on the number of readers. The fact that one can read does not mean that one does read. The stats are telling: one-third of high school graduates never read another book

Everything is opening up again across America. Masks are now optional (based on double-vaccination) in most places; a huge opportunity for recycling plexiglass sheets is imminent. People shut-in for more than a year are jamming planes and overwhelming theme parks. Is it really safe to drop the defenses and go back into pre-pandemic freedoms? Though the

Flags tell a story… but they also reveal our loyalties! For decades of my lifetime, the Fourth of July – or, Independence Day as it’s denoted on the list of federal holidays – was a time that appeared to bring communities together. Parks filled with families; hot dog sales peaked (150 million over this holiday, when last

Had you been a contemporary of Jesus – in 1st Century Israel – you could have been a groupie, following Him from live event to live event… but you would have heard the same message over-and-over again. His teaching ministry had a sole focus. He knew His audience: “I was sent only to the lost sheep of

Your Life is a Journey. Congratulations; now, you’re leaning into the macro dimensions of your life. The big picture is about your ultimate outcomes. But when you leave that philosophical conversation… you find yourself alone again, returning to your daily pursuits. Daily Pursuits are those often-mundane activities that begin and end within day-sized blocks of time.

Lewis Carroll wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – you probably know it as Alice in Wonderland– in 1865; it was a children’s novel that found favor across generations. Performed on stage or screen, the story runs for almost two hours.  There’s an exchange between Alice and the Cheshire Cat that may be the most valuable take-away from the fantasy tale: