Reciprocity
"Mom, how come I don't get letters in the mail?" "Do you write letters, Danny?" "Well, no." "If you want letters to come to you--try…
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The table
I met a college student who grew up Amish. We got coffee and he shared the story of his family's journey out of the Amish…
Competition
What comes to mind when you think of the word competition? Sports? Games? Drive? Ambition? Is it mostly a positive term for you? If so,…
Generosity
"The feeling of being owed will destroy our ability to do generous work....""It draws our eye to the mirror instead of the work....""Gratitude isn't a…
Leadership is lonely
If you're a leader, you're in a different category--one that by definition automatically has fewer people in it. Sometimes this comes at a surprise. When…
“As you wish.”
The 1987 film The Princess Bride is an intergenerational classic with universal appeal. A loving grandfather comes over to read a book to his sick…
Breakups
In my work with college students, I've done a fair amount of breakup counseling. Usually I'm helping a student process the grief of a lost…
Community
Authentic community is a function of relationships. A room full of strangers doesn't cut it. It's not enough for the leader to know everyone in…
Your one up
Good organizations want to retain their best employees if at all possible. As a budding supervisor I was taught that the number one influencer for…
One and many
"It seems obvious to say that I wrote this book. Mine are its ideas, its organization, its formulations. But that's a superficial kind of 'mine-ness.'…