I recently heard a US Army General deliver a compelling talk about the importance of getting fuel to the front line of battle. Fuel powers our jeeps. Fuels powers our helicopters. Without fuel on the front line, our military effectiveness grinds to a halt. We need to ensure the presence of fuel at the front […]
Tag: personal leadership
The Interstitial Defect
Have you ever had an experience that was so profound, it was difficult to put words to it? What about when you try to explain that experience to someone – and just when you think you got the words right, the light goes out of their eyes only to be replaced with confusion? This post […]
Attention Fatigue
Surely you’ve been there. You have a complex problem to solve. You’ve done the work. You’ve already tried a several solutions. None of them have moved the needle. You vow to think about it for a day. One day becomes forever. It isn’t that you didn’t care about the problem, but a bigger problem imposed […]
Who Does Anger Really Punish?
After reading the post, Living with Integrity, a friend asked me to share my thoughts on the following: My mother (a huge Pittsburgh Steelers fan) did not watch any Steelers games this season. Pittsburgh hired Michael Vick a convicted animal abuser. She is very upset he is there but stuck to what she said. Not […]
Lodged Driftwood
Driftwood and other Flotsam talked about forgiveness and how, like pieces of driftwood, our hurts may need to be thrown back out into the surf many times before they finally go away. The day after posting that article, I was walking around Lough Derg (in Dromineer, Ireland) and came across this. This is a piece of driftwood that has […]
Driftwood and other Flotsam
Driftwood is interesting. It washes up on shore and just bakes under the sun. You can throw it back into the ocean, allow it to toss around in the surf, and watch it wash right back up on the beach. Then, you throw it in again. And the process repeats…until it doesn’t. That is, eventually, the driftwood will […]
The ‘I have to’ Lie
You’ve been there. So have I. You find yourself in the familiar situation of not “being able” to do something because you “have to” do something else. It’s the perfect reason…or escape…or excuse. Not only do you avoid hurting anyone’s feelings by eliminating any illusion that you have a choice in the matter, you are […]
Attending Meetings Better
Meetings. Love them or hate them, they are a regular part of most of our careers, and as we have all experienced, some meetings are much better than others. We have all been in that meeting that goes on and on, meandering through all sorts of ideas without coming to any resolution, often creating more […]
The Pull
I hate The Pull. You know The Pull. The Pull is that weight tied to your ankle. It’s the fog that prevents you from thinking clearly. It’s that slow-motion feeling you have when running in your dream. The Pull adds drag. It slows you down. The Pull is the friction that works against your momentum. […]
On Rejection
Consider the black licorice jellybean. When I put one in my mouth and start chewing, the vile flavor of anise fills my mouth and I clench my jaw, hoping that my teeth will be able to hold back the forces of my tongue as it seeks to eject the unwelcome intruder from my mouth. There […]
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