“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 complexity and still show up […]

I read this on writer Seth Godin’s blog: “Passion comes from feeling needed, from approaching mastery, from doing work that matters.” The standard advice is to find work you are passionate about and pursue it. Godin says that kind of work doesn’t start that way. The three conditions laid out here have merit: Feeling needed. […]

Kobe Bryant was an all-time great. He had a successful career and remains revered as one of the best basketball players ever. He intimidated his competition with his work effort. He inspired his teammates in the same way. You may know that he died tragically in a helicopter crash in 2020. But his legend remains. […]

Craig Parrott, our general manager in Butner, described in an operations meeting this week how Purpose, Pride, and Passion contribute to team-building efforts. Every person on the team needs to understand the Purpose of their role. It’s a predictor of organizational success. When every person hits the door knowing what’s expected and how they contribute […]