Find your benefactor moments
Benefactor moments are instances when we’ve felt seen, heard and recognized by someone who showed us genuine regard and affection.
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Struggling with separation
Where everything seems new, we learn and grow not only through considering our own experiences and what our senses are telling us, but by hearing from a wide variety of voices.
History and hope in the midst of denial and darkness
Historians are speaking up to help make sense of what we are facing today, and to provide hope for what can come.
Reflect. Reconsider. Reset.
The world wants to categorize and pigeonhole love. But coming from a place of abundance, where there is room for everyone, “There’s so much other work love has to do in the world.”
An ongoing conversation with the past
The study of history is an ongoing conversation between past and present from which we all have much to learn.
Competency. Credibility. Empathy.
A crisis can be illuminating. It can also bring about a moment of reckoning.
Servant leadership
“The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.”
Just say it
My one piece of advice to colleagues, friends, and family is pretty simple: Say “Thank you.” Say it early and often.
The flip side of ignorance
So many today seem content to settle in the midst of their ignorance and not face life with astonishment, awe, and a sense of wonder. As Margaret Renkl writes, that approach is their loss.
Under promise and over deliver
Be thoughtful about your promises and base them on reality. Deliver on those promises, day in and day out. And in the times when over-delivery will make a difference, then go for it!
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