Walking is important to me. I know that people in Southern California have a reputation for driving everywhere, but I am a walker. For me, walking is a good way to combine action and contemplation. Walking gives me an opportunity to go from place to place in a way that helps me relax, helps my […]
Leadership is learning to listen. Leadership is more than thinking, talking, and writing. Leadership combines contemplation and action. Leadership is telling the next part of the story well. Leadership is getting out of your own way. Leadership is setting a good example. The leaders who make the most lasting impression on me, the leaders who have changed the
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My 2012 Craft Brewery Pilgrimage rolls on. Each month I bring people together to build community around a table. I get to meet the people I know online who I have not met in real life. Quite a few of the people I know are connected to nonprofit organizations, so each month I give at least one nonprofit
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Soon, the tender plants of Easter’s new life come up out of the ground that has been prepared during Lent. I belong to a liturgical church. It is not enough for us to understand our beliefs intellectually; we need to experience and appreciate them deep within ourselves. My favorite service of the entire year is
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For me, this Lent is about changing the way I understand and relate to fear. The first step on my Lenten journey is recognizing fear. Another step toward giving up my fear is appreciating it, becoming more friendly toward it. Another step is letting go of fear. Another step is being authentic. Each step of this journey has lead me to a
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Leadership is setting a good example. Leadership is more than thinking, talking, and writing. Leadership combines contemplation and action. Leadership is telling the next part of the story well. Leadership is getting out of your own way. The leaders who influence me the most deeply, who give me examples to follow, are people who demonstrate
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Is it me? Is it my friends who suggest things? Is it Southern California? Is it first time events? Is it words that end in “thon?” Four years ago, I was talking with a friend about walking with a pedometer. When I told him how many steps I was averaging each day, he said, “Wow!
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Leadership is getting out of your own way. I used to think that being a leader meant being up in front, telling people what to do. Leaders were powerful and important. I believed that having the right answers was one of the most important things in life, and leaders had the right answers. Being a
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For me, this Lent is about changing the way I understand and relate to fear. The first step on my Lenten journey is recognizing fear. Another step toward giving up my fear is appreciating it, becoming more friendly toward it. Another step is letting go of fear. The next step for me is being authentic. To be deeply authentic, I
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There are times when I do not feel like being open. Sometimes it feels so much easier to keep my eyes closed, keep my mind closed, keep my heart closed. I may be tired or hurting, I may be discouraged, it may seem like it is just not that important. It may feel like
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