LEADERSHIP and TEAM BUILDING

YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO DO IT ALONE  Most people in America would rather work alone than in community. Most people would rather hunker-down, get the job done, work to finish the project, than have to deal with unreliable people in order to accomplish a task. Robert Putnam unpacks this in his book Bowling Alone, suggesting that part of the demise of our culture is that we no longer naturally work together in community. ...(read more) 

3 QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION  Are you known for being decisive when it comes to making important decisions; or do you tend to hesitate and miss out on the big moments? As a writer, ideas need to be written down right away; they are like fleeting images on a screen which seem like they will last forever when they are present in front of us, but disappear forever like sand in your shoes when you get home from the beach. ...(read more)

8 WAYS TO BECOME BETTER AT WHAT YOU DO  Do you struggle with what you do? Do you wish you were better at it? Ira Glass - the host of This American Life - talks about the tension between taste and what we produce. He says there's this stage of life, usually a few years, where your tastes (what you like) are beyond what you can produce (what you do).  ...(read more)

LEARNING TO BREATH DURING A BUSY WEEK  Are you driven? Do you work hard? Do you find yourself pushing yourself, your family, to hard? Did you forget to allow yourself time to breathe this week? If so, this blog post is for you.  ...(read more)

YOU NEED A FRIEND TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH  “Write a shorter blog. Make them less serious. And, just so you know I only read your blog because you’re my friend. You should write them so that lots of people will want to read your posts, not just the people who like you.” This is the kind of feedback you want to hear on a good day.  ...(read more)

7 WAYS TO WORK AS A TEAM  I'd like to take a moment and talk to you about teams. You may be in a team environment? You may not? But at some point, you've had to work with people to get things done. The question is: how do we work well with people in a team environment? ...(read more)