I’d like to recommend…
Thoughts on integrity, bias, knowledge, and intent in the giving and receiving of recommendations.
All posts filed under: On Leadership
Would you like to improve your life?
Make hard things easier, learn to apologize, write shorter emails, and get on with living a better life.
Focus in an unpredictable world
A mentor helped transform what were short-term bursts of sharpness into a focused way of life.
Stellar (and short) rules for a good life
Define your rules. Then live by them.
The practice of breakfast
My father’s morning practice of centering, and then cheerfully making breakfast, was the example I needed all along.
Facing the myths in our personal histories
A West Point history professor suggests to prevent a racist future we must understand our racist past.
A vote is a kind of prayer
In a powerful first Senate speech, Raphael Warnock suggests that when we vote, we pray.
Lessons Jamie Raskin learned from his father
When a situation seems hopeless, then you are the hope. When everything looks dark, you must be the light.
Ordinary places, extraordinary presidents
Presidents Day thoughts: extraordinary presidents can come from and be shaped by ordinary places.
It is difficult to be objective when you are complicit
When we are complicit, even moral clarity is often not enough to guide us toward the right decisions.
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