Tag Archives: Perseverance

What we get wrong about optimism

I’m not an optimist because everything is right in my world. I’m an optimist because it’s in our power to change what’s wrong.

The Real Reason We Can’t Pay Attention to Politics

If you find yourself rationing your exposure, take a moment to thank your brain for helping you filter some of the madness out. It’s ok to break away, to reset. In fact, it’s pretty necessary.

3 Steps to Keeping a Level Head in Politics

Despite my best efforts, I still get worked up from time to time. I get heated, frustrated, and perturbed by the day-to-day in politics. Those are the moments when, just months later, I’ll find myself looking back and wondering why? Why did I let it get to me? I had one of those retrospective momentsContinue reading “3 Steps to Keeping a Level Head in Politics”

Write Your Script, But Bring Your Eraser

Since we’re in the process of talking about storytelling, I thought you’d appreciate this personal piece from Abe Jacob – joining us again to share a little about his career path. – LC Is our first thought always our best thought? Being a small-town boy turned Columbus suburbanite, I have often reflected on the evolutionContinue reading “Write Your Script, But Bring Your Eraser”

Jumpstart Your Advocates’ Infinite Mindsets

The Infinite Game. That’s a pretty heady title, right? Building on his success with Leaders Eat Last and Start With Why, Simon Sinek did not disappoint with the work he released in 2019. The Infinite Game was such a compelling piece that, in large measure, it served as the catalyst toward the eventual launch ofContinue reading “Jumpstart Your Advocates’ Infinite Mindsets”

Second and Third Order Consequences

If you take a moment to browse the Bookshelf page on this site, you’ll note the opening section includes a reference to the Thomas Sowell Reader. Dr. Sowell stands as one of those influencing figures in my life whose words continue to come back to me time and time again. A prior Marine himself, Dr.Continue reading “Second and Third Order Consequences”

Moments of Leadership – the one where you just keep going

Going slow isn’t a failure, giving up is.

On Perseverance

This is not a post about surviving the ongoing pandemic. Just about the last thing anyone needs right now, from what I can tell, is another diatribe over how difficult everything continues to be in the wake of COVID-19. Even if I wanted to add my voice to that cacophony, today is not the dayContinue reading “On Perseverance”