Dealing With Difficult People
Sometimes leaders must deal with interpersonal conflict.
Leaders Need to Know the Truth
Objective truth exists – leaders need to know how to apply it.
Spit Out the Seeds
Eat the sweet stuff of life and learn to spit out the seeds.
Swing Easy
Gripping the organization too tightly ensures you’ll miss the fairway.
Rage is the Easiest Button
Social media is poisoning your soul. Universal Human Goods are the antidote.
Who Do You Want to Be?
I make goals and resolutions, but for me the most important thing is knowing who I want to be. Defining – or redefining as the case may be – is even more vital than making goals and resolutions. If we do not know ourselves, and have in mind who we want to be, all the goals in the world don’t matter.
Christmas Blogging Break
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas!
New Video: The Five Be’s
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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The Cool Kids Usually Aren’t, But You Are
Following the crowd is a good way to get lost.
New Video: Sync to Swim
A short excerpt from a presentation to the Honolulu PMI Chapter in 2017.
Virtue is not a Scary Word
Virtue sometimes gets a bad rap – it’s time to de-mystify the word and even remind ourselves that “virtue” is just another way to live a healthy and successful life.
The Beginning of the Be’s
I get asked occasionally where I got the idea for my most popular talk and book, The Five Be’s: A Straightforward Guide to Life, and so I thought I’d make room here to talk about it.
Can We Talk About Virtue for a Moment?
All of us benefit from a society that embraces virtue with people who try their best to be virtuous.
Why No One is Listening to You
In a world where everyone can broadcast to the planet, many of us believe we have to exaggerate to be heard. I’m here to tell you that’s a false premise. If you feel like no one is listening to you, I’ll tell you why I think that’s the case.
Crimes are Not OK. Ever.
In last week’s post I discussed an example of an “honest mistake” using an example from an HBO dramatization of the Apollo Moon program in the 1960s. Today, we discuss crimes.
Honest Mistakes Are OK, But Crimes Are Not
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Keeping Up with Engel Jones
Reconnecting with my podcast friend in person–and talking about authenticity!
And the First Day it Rained
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