I’ve written few poems in my life and don’t find myself very poetic. I do enjoy writing and find great joy, satisfaction, and clarity from my relationship with the pen. Since becoming disciplined in putting pen to paper in 2005, I have noticed a subtle but real difference in my leadership of me. This is a big “why” behind my continued writing here.
This morning, after a spirited conversation with Keturah over the topic of politics, I was thinking about the power of relationships when married with the power of the pen. Great lives, I believe, are led by people that gain clarity within through the power of the pen and the power of people that think, especially those that that think unlike them. Great lives require great clarity, great people and great LOVE. None are easy to find; ALL take time to nurture. Few find any. Fewer still, find ’em ALL. Thanks, Keturah for being one of “them,” at least to me…
And, by way of reminder, here’s my only poem that’s been published. It’s on page 269 of the 12 playbook.
LOVE.
LOVE God, yourself, and people.
LOVE your work and LOVE your team.
LOVE the pursuit and passion of following your dream.
LOVE the falling and the failing.
LOVE recovering and the healing.
LOVE the breaking and the building.
LOVE the storm and savor the smooth sailing.
LOVE seasons and the changes.
LOVE what is not common and what makes no sense.
LOVE God, LOVE people, and remove your fence…
Happy Thanksgivings eve, my friends.
BUILT TO LEAD 