In my last post a week or so ago, I tried to make the point that building self-confidence is an exercise of growing comfortable with discomfort--pushing outside one's comfort zone to embrace deep change to grow. Not only does this help build confidence in making specific changes we may seek--shooting 80 in golf, becoming a … Continue reading Question Your Own Virtue
Category: Personal Excellence
Confident Enough to Grow
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
Heart of Clay
One of America's brightest minds, and humble hearts, both reside in the human frame of a guy named Clay Christensen. Christensen is a chaired professor at the Harvard Business School. He also a distinguished author and consultant on the topic of disruptive innovation. His books, The Innovator's Dilemma and The Innovator's Solution are international best sellers. … Continue reading Heart of Clay
The Quest For The Captive Hero
I'm nearly through a book entitled Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Will Change The World. The author, Jane McGonigal, has been designing video games for nearly a quarter century. She is an expert...nearly a MASTER...in how to imbed elements of positive psychology into her virtual worlds that cause electronic … Continue reading The Quest For The Captive Hero
Called, or Installed?
Power and leadership go together like ham and sandwich; separate items, but both integral to an effective outcome. If you do not yet see yourself as a leader because you sit somewhere down the line from the top of the hierarchy, think again. If you are a leader, do you occupy a position of power, or … Continue reading Called, or Installed?
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
Neil, Sully, you, me, and The Meaning of Work
It was a "Bucket List" moment. The large dining room thundered with a standing ovation. I glanced over at my wife, beaming with Boilermaker pride, and my 16-year old son Dan, intent despite his awe at the scene he was a part of. There we were, in the same room with not one but two … Continue reading Neil, Sully, you, me, and The Meaning of Work
Am I Worthy of Your Loyalty?
I wonder sometimes how many people in my life might say they're loyal to me. Not just those who are "friendly" towards me, or "interested" in my well being, or even those who "respect" me, but how many could say that they're deeply committed to me? Loyalty. I used to be an "expert" in customer … Continue reading Am I Worthy of Your Loyalty?
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