Just be you

Just be you

“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” ~Joseph Campbell One of the key tenets of Thoughtful Leadership is to be authentic. Too often someone tells us about the “right” way we should be, or the “best” way to show up in a...
The upside of falling down

The upside of falling down

“Fall down seven times, get up eight times.” ~Japanese Proverb I now enjoy skiing. I used to hate it. I hated it because I fell. And I hated that I fell. I once made my ski instructor fall getting off the lift. He told me he hadn’t fallen off a lift in over ten...
Be present to today

Be present to today

“It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end.” ~Ursula LeGuin One of my former colleagues is extremely focused on getting his next promotion. Every time we speak, that is the main topic of conversation. On its face,...