There are 3 things that foster exponential individual and leadership growth: new life experiences, intellectual curiosity, and “what if” questions.
Tag: Growth
The Temptation of Easy
Yesterday I ran the Occoneechee Mountain Trail near my house. It’s not really a mountain as much as a series of switchbacks and a couple of moderately steep hills, the type that require me to scramble forward with my butt low and stuck out like I’m entering a Kardashian backside-lookalike contest. On the steepest ascent,…
Love & Marriage…and Work!
It’s easy to fall in love with a person or job that’s perfect, which, like unicorns, don’t exist. So maybe you should just focus on being your best. Period.
Why I Won’t Wish You a “Happy” New Year…
Snag as much happiness as possible along your journey in 2014. But don’t make happiness your main goal, especially not at the expense of…
Know When to Swim (or Walk) Away
I used to have the most coveted summer job. I was a lifeguard, at a lake-slash-campground-slash-waterpark. Not only that, but we had concerts on occasion. Lyle Lovett came to play, just after marrying Julia Roberts, and yes, he brought her. We all fought over who would bring stuff to her trailer. I ended up getting…
Are You Alive?
I had a college professor who would say things like: It is incumbent on us all to sow the seeds of learning so that other generations may reap the results. That stuck with me for a couple of reasons. First, I had to look up the definition of incumbent. Second, I needed to find out…
Marketing: As Simple as Sugarpeas
I spent the middle part of today in my garden, checking on my sugarsnap peas, with my 2-year-old, Sierra. We planted these peas with her older sister, Sascha, a few weeks ago. Peas remind me of Oregon, where I’m from. I guess that is because there is an “Oregon Sugarsnap,” which I tend to gravitate…