If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you know that I love September, because I always associate it with my days as a college professor. This was the time of year when everyone returned from summer vacation and we began again, refreshed and renewed. When we’re students, the start of the school year […]
Are You Too Attached to Outcome?
I’ve often said that golf is an acronym for Game of Life First. I certainly proved that when I recently tried to qualify for the Golden Seniors team at my local country club. In golf, as in life, you get good breaks you deserve and you get good breaks you don’t deserve. You get bad breaks […]
The Precious Present
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift—that’s why they call it the present.” You may have heard this quotation, attributed to many different people including Eleanor Roosevelt. It reminds me of when I first met Spencer Johnson. He had just finished a manuscript entitled The Precious Present (Doubleday, 1984). It’s […]
Life Is a Very Special Occasion
I can’t believe how fast this year has gone by. I like the joke about how life is like a roll of toilet paper—the closer you get to the end, the faster it goes! Of course, everyone’s year is 365 days long. But for a lot of us, it feels like the years go by […]
Your Words and Actions Matter
We’ve all seen the image of the ripples created when a pebble is tossed into a pool of still water. The ripples radiate out in ever bigger circles—all from that tiny pebble. In a sense we’re all like that pebble. Our words and actions—whether positive or negative—ripple out and impact the world around us. I […]
Great Leaders Walk Toward Wisdom, Part 2
In my last blog I talked about walking toward wisdom as one of the four major areas of growth for leaders and aspiring leaders, along with gaining knowledge, reaching out to others, and opening your world. During your lifelong pursuit of wisdom, it is necessary to do a thorough self evaluation and also to be […]
Great Leaders Walk Toward Wisdom, Part I
As I continue on with the lessons from Great Leaders Grow, my latest book written with Mark Miller, you may notice that all three of the previously mentioned areas in which leaders must grow—gaining knowledge, reaching out to others, and opening your world—are lifelong pursuits. Our fourth way to assure growth as a leader, Walk […]