“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” – Rabindranath Tagore

Whether ‘acts of service’ is one’s love language or not, I’ve come to a place of believing that leadership is a precious form of service. This gives great meaning to leadership. If we accept the assignment, we get to support people in expanding their gifts and contributions. In doing so we sometimes feel a direct […]

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“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.” – Shunryu Suzuki

Sometimes we think we’re supposed to have this figured out by now. The inner narrative strikes: we should be further along, more certain, and less unsure of ourselves. Without meaning to we add pressure, doubt, and stress. Along the way, we may lose touch with what’s here and available in us right now. I see […]

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“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” – Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

“Be kind”. I love seeing this on t-shirts. Yet I’m struck by lack of kindness we see and experience daily. Any one of us might be unkind without meaning to. When we notice it, we often see it began in an animal-brain moment, a surge of sympathetic activation. Stress narrows our awareness, the prefrontal cortex […]

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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” – Rumi

As fellow humans and leaders we discover with time (and a few gritty experiences) the most meaningful shifts we may need to make start on the inside versus outside. When we slow down, reduce the noise, tend to the stirs and whispers from within, our decisions, relationships and presence naturally evolve. Growth from the inside […]

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