The world we all want is only possible if we have first taken complete responsibility for ourselves. What important truth do very few...

How can a world expect peace when each of us has yet to lay down the weapons inside our own minds and hearts? It has been over a week...

Your primary job as a leader – in your family, community, or career – is to lower anxiety. Period. Your primary job as a leader – in your...

Great cultures are ones that are distinctive, meaning they should be right for certain employees and not for others. In a week dominated...

Leaders who live and lead with love and performance are those who have cultivated the capacity to attain states of emotional self-mastery...

Why aren’t there more Federers and Nadellas? Because it’s hard work leading with virtue and character. This past Saturday, three...

If you grew up in the 1970s and 1980s as I did, you likely did so on a steady diet of relatively limited television content. There was no...

In a world that is overwhelmed and exhausted, Dr. King’s lesson is as relevant today as it was over fifty years ago. To inspire ourselves...

The new year represents an opportunity to discover an atelic activity – one with no aim other than the joy of the activity itself. I love...

Over the holidays, my family and I had the chance to see the Tony-winning adaptation of A Christmas Carol in San Francisco's Golden Gate...

The end of the year presents each of us with a fundamental choice. Will you let life happen to you? Or will you lean in to help shape...

It is said that the two most important days of your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why. The saying speaks to the...

At key strategic inflection points, “firing yourself” is essential. It allows you to step outside the constraints of your existing...

A simple word or turn of phrase can transform what’s possible. One of my favorite Thanksgiving traditions is my morning walk with my now...

Regular readers of this weekly blog are undoubtedly familiar with my interest in Stoicism. From time to time, I will explicitly write...

I am in control of the meaning I give to the words someone utters, and my emotional response is the consequence of that meaning I choose,...

If you're looking for what you can do to make a difference, there may be no better act than to be kind. A few weeks ago, Northern...

All great leaders have realized that real change begins, and often is sustained, by taking responsibility for altering the conditions...

What does it mean to live the good life? Living your life consistent with what it is that you want to be remembered for may be the best...

Exceptional cultures are not right for everyone. And they remain exceptional to the degree that its leaders are willing to make difficult...