Confidence comes from the Latin words con + fides meaning "with faith." Things that we know how to do and have done successfully in the past are things we are "with faith" that we can do again. So, knowledge, practice, skill, and strength form confidence. Nothing new here... However, all those things we already know … Continue reading Confident Enough to Grow
Category: Courage
Dream & Do TRAPS: Part 4 of 4
This final trap may be the most widespread, and the saddest. And none are immune. Thursday I facilitated practice #2 with a non-profit team of heroes who serve neglected youth & single moms in one of our city's most troubled neighborhoods. Since some weren't at practice #1, we wrote again on "why are you here?" A quiet one shared she'd had a breakthrough at our first … Continue reading Dream & Do TRAPS: Part 4 of 4
Dream & Do TRAPS: Part 2 of 4
A second trap on the Builder's Journey is what Robert McGee calls 'APPROVAL ADDICTION.' It often 'lies' underneath the Performance Trap (Dream & Do Traps: Part 1 of 4). The false belief is that you aren’t significant unless & until you have earned ___________’s approval (e.g. of your boss, mentor, mom, dad, granddad, spouse. . .it may not even … Continue reading Dream & Do TRAPS: Part 2 of 4
Reveal, and Heal
"You are becoming what you were meant to become..." So Chet wrote in his last blog post, or something close to that. This is the truth within BUILT TO LEAD. What a weird gig BTL is...and brought to us by such a weird guy. BUILT TO LEAD is "weird" because it specifically stands against the … Continue reading Reveal, and Heal
Uno + Pluribus = Unum
These days leading up to our 234th celebration of fried chicken and firecrackers are troubled ones for Americans, to put it mildly. Oil still flows from all the wrong places. Those who govern us govern us more restrictively due, in part, to some of our ungoverned excesses (or maybe it's just "ants" and their ungoverned … Continue reading Uno + Pluribus = Unum
After The CORE
The 12 Essentials of Personal Excellence are BUILT TO LEAD's framework for becoming a master of the art of living. That, right there, is the first thing that makes us weird. For the would-be authentic leader, the first thing to know about leadership is that it is a state of being more than the act … Continue reading After The CORE
The Inn Between
In skimming over a few old blog posts here, I was struck this morning with an insight, and a thought. Both hit me like a ton of bricks. I thought I'd share them with you to help encourage you, wherever you are on your builder's journey, and to gain your reaction. Here they are: 1. … Continue reading The Inn Between
“Double Listening”
I was talking with Toto (aka Chet) Friday and we were reflecting on a paradox we feel all the time. If, as Jim Sullivan aptly puts it -- "the heart of performance is building TRUST, and the heart of building trust is just LISTENING" -- well, shouldn’t this be EASY? Most of us have had … Continue reading “Double Listening”
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