Jocko Willink, a former Navy Seal who speaks and writes about leadership and discipline, asserts you will grow if you ask yourself seven questions every day and then act accordingly the next day, based on your answers. I will spend the next few days reviewing each question one at a time. Here’s the fourth question: What […]

“Whenever we get tied down to anything – a name, a body, a lifestyle – that’s the road to ruination.” – Prince I’m not a Prince fan. I missed that bus somehow, but I was impressed with the outpouring of tributes at his death in 2016. I started jotting down some of his quotes and […]

In the last year, have you had opportunities at work to learn and grow? According to research about successful companies, the more of you who can say “yes” to that question, the stronger we will be. So when it comes to you, what would you say? What lessons have you learned? What skills have you […]

This is a blatant cut-and-paste job on my part of a post by educator Danny Steele. I’ve adopted a couple of thoughts from reading about Teach for America, an innovative teacher training program that recruits non-traditional candidates to teach underserved students in impoverished areas. The thoughts are: “Teaching is leadership.” The teacher is committed to […]