THE HEART OF THE MATTER “The world needs competent people with the heart to keep showing up, day in and day out, and often on the night shift, to do the hard work. This inner work of embracing both passion and vulnerability is essential to cultivating a heart that can withstand all the pain and […]

“Life is difficult.” That’s the first sentence of A Road Less Traveled by Scott Peck.  I read the book about 40 years ago and it has stuck with me ever since.  I’ve frequently gifted the book to graduating high school seniors, hoping they will read it and adjust their expectations about what’s ahead in life. For me, […]

These days are challenging, aren’t they? I listened to pro-basketball Coach George Karl talk about facing a challenge. Throughout his entire career, he was hired to take bad teams and make them better.  Though he never once coached an NBA championship team, he was hired often enough and won enough to be the sixth winningest coach […]