Author: John Rue

Holidays get more special every year as the "speed of life" increases. When we were young, time started with a crawl....even when we started running around time was still "SLOW -- Children Playing" ....hitting the school zone of life at 20 MPH before picking up speed through our 30s & 40s into mid-life.   Holiday … Continue reading “Do you want it? YES or NO?”

This is an "and" to Toto's recent blog about Thank God and Justice For All. If you are human, there is something about those two blogs you found disturbing. They were written to be disturbing -- to jolt us out of our comfort zone, to surface what we are feeling and to consider WHY in … Continue reading “ONE”….with Liberty AND Justice for All

This framework came up twice today in conversations with a client and a fellow builder. I think it is useful for all of us who are letting go of "baggage" on our Builder's Journey from living in a self-centered/others-controlling way to becoming core-centered/self-controlling. All of us are victimized from time to time by circumstances or … Continue reading Victims, Survivors, and Thrivers

In practice #1 with a new team yesterday I asked WHY we stop dreaming? WHY do we need someone to remind us how? And to give us permission? This quote from John Eldredge's book Desire hits all 3 questions dead center. I left part of it blank for the C.E.O. of Y.O.U. to fill in … Continue reading Why we stop Dreaming

We began practice #2 reading "Ideaing instead of idling..." We wrote about and then practiced speaking & listening what we learned from Toto's wisdom in an "ideaing" and "ANDing way." Everyone could tell it felt good. We were primed for the rest of practice, where these next generation leaders had come prepared to talk about … Continue reading Ideaing is NOT Idling

  Nothing really new here.... just a reminder because we all have an "F-ing" problem.   We FORGET. The secret of the greatest individuals, teams & leaders is that they are constantly BUILDING.   Which is different than just DOING.    DO or DIE is a fear-based push up the hill that may work for a season but … Continue reading BUILD or…DIE

Sounds like a contradiction. Deeper waters seem scary - we might lose control and go under. So we live in the shallows, work in the shallows, play in the shallows...and drown in the shallows. It's counterintuitive, but shallow waters have bigger storms, bigger waves, and bigger consequences. When tsunamis come, it's the shallow coastal waters … Continue reading The security of deeper waters

I'm writing this sitting in a hospital room in S. Florida with my dad who's fighting to recover from congestive heart failure. I've taken the week to give him & me the gift of time. There has been a change in the meal delivery & pickup program that has left the mid-level of the system … Continue reading Memo to the Boss: Don’t Do My Job For Me