Everyone in the foregoing scenario tends to believe that his or her situation is unique. The entire process is often explained in terms of personalities. Everyone is angry about the mean-spirited “politics” that have occurred. If these people were to read these paragraphs, they would be shocked to realize that someone unassociated with their situation could describe it so closely.
The entire leadership industry is based on the assumption of imitation. It is assumed that if we learn what a […]
The enactment of committed purpose is much more powerful than words. When we courageously move forward we initiate the dynamics of cultural change. To do so is to empower one’s self.
I think we almost never entertain the countercultural question, “What do I love about me?” When we answer it, when […]
We are empowered when we clarify our purpose. It is the moment when we finally say “This is who I am, this is where I going, and I will endure what I must endure in order to go there.”
Whether or not we enter the fundamental state of leadership is a choice we make. It is entirely under our control. Because most people stay in the reactive state, most people act like victims. To identify a result we really want to create is to change our current psychological state. We take charge of the only thing you can really control.
Purpose can be animated by a question: What result do I want to create? It comes from Robert Fritz who […]
A positive deviant is a person who pursues an honorable purpose in a surprising way. In the movie Stand and […]
We interviewed a man who was a university president and previously a dean of a medical school. He had been […]
In the crisis I come to the point that I must choose between being a paralyzed victim and moving forward in a proactive way. Making the decision triggers a process of transformation or deep change. As I become more intentional, I turn fear into faith.