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“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” ~Elbert Hubbard, The Note Book, 1927 Leadership and life are a continual learning process. To learn is to engage in new situations and experiences. This ability to step into fresh experiences and learning

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Hard Work

“Art begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.” Andre Gide The best ideas take hard work. That is why passion for an idea, concept, etc is so critical for it is the energy which fuels the

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Leap!

In the book “Playing to Win” by Larry and Hersch Wilson they define the journey of growth as playing to win. To grow requires you to challenge your core maps and redefine them to align with your values and true sense of self. This is the epitaph they share: “I

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Risk Taking or Dream Making

“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” Pablo Picasso Risk is inherent in any endeavor. Leaders know the more time they spend not taking risk the slower they grow. Risk is simply growth, taking on new skills or

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The Longview

“In dreams begins responsibility.” – William Butler Yeats The ability to dream is one of the great responsibilities of leadership. Everyday the noise of the world is wanting to engage you in the short term focus of the day. Yet the work, the real work is to hear the vision

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Get It Done!

“The important thing is to strive towards a goal which is not immediately visible. That goal is not the concern of the mind, but of the spirit.” ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Flight to Arras, 1942, translated from French by Lewis Galantière The most important role any leader has is to dream,

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Great Leadership Is Not For The Faint Hearted

“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.” John Kenneth Galbraith, U.S. economist, “The Age of Uncertainty” The illusion of great

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Impact Leadership

“Some people strengthen our society just by being the kind of people they are.” John W. Gardner Perhaps the most challenging exercise of authentic leadership is the coming home to self. To remember that embracing yourself, having confidence in your way of learning, and being are enough. When a leader

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Vitality of Leadership

“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.” Martha Graham Leadership is made up of many components that have been studied by the greats. One

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Ouch…

“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” ~Elbert Hubbard, The Note Book, 1927 Leadership and life are a continual learning process. To learn is to engage in new situations and experiences. This ability to step into fresh experiences and learning

Continue Reading »

Hard Work

“Art begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.” Andre Gide The best ideas take hard work. That is why passion for an idea, concept, etc is so critical for it is the energy which fuels the

Continue Reading »

Leap!

In the book “Playing to Win” by Larry and Hersch Wilson they define the journey of growth as playing to win. To grow requires you to challenge your core maps and redefine them to align with your values and true sense of self. This is the epitaph they share: “I

Continue Reading »

Risk Taking or Dream Making

“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” Pablo Picasso Risk is inherent in any endeavor. Leaders know the more time they spend not taking risk the slower they grow. Risk is simply growth, taking on new skills or

Continue Reading »

The Longview

“In dreams begins responsibility.” – William Butler Yeats The ability to dream is one of the great responsibilities of leadership. Everyday the noise of the world is wanting to engage you in the short term focus of the day. Yet the work, the real work is to hear the vision

Continue Reading »

Get It Done!

“The important thing is to strive towards a goal which is not immediately visible. That goal is not the concern of the mind, but of the spirit.” ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Flight to Arras, 1942, translated from French by Lewis Galantière The most important role any leader has is to dream,

Continue Reading »

Great Leadership Is Not For The Faint Hearted

“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.” John Kenneth Galbraith, U.S. economist, “The Age of Uncertainty” The illusion of great

Continue Reading »

Impact Leadership

“Some people strengthen our society just by being the kind of people they are.” John W. Gardner Perhaps the most challenging exercise of authentic leadership is the coming home to self. To remember that embracing yourself, having confidence in your way of learning, and being are enough. When a leader

Continue Reading »

Vitality of Leadership

“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.” Martha Graham Leadership is made up of many components that have been studied by the greats. One

Continue Reading »