We seldom want what we already have. Finding more resources, more allies, more sex, and more power is what our primitive brains push us towards. GET MORE!!! It ignores the fact that the great majority of us have everything we really need. Embracing abundance is a necessary early step of any strategic plan that maps [...]
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Forget the objective, learn how to network
onWorks well with others. According to whom? The news today is reporting that military vets are not doing well in the marketplace because they tend to walk directly to their desks and begin working without first making a swing around the office to chat with their coworkers. They don’t do well because they see clear [...]
Silence = Death…still
onNotifying a community that they may be at risk for a potentially fatal disease for which there is currently treatment and a vaccine is not “yellow journalism,” it is leadership. James Peron’s blog post in the Huffington Post attacks Councilmember John Duran’s press conference, suggesting that Duran’s actions unnecessarily put the gay community’s political agenda [...]
Integrity is NOT what they tell you it is
onIntegrity is required if you want someone to respect anything you have to say, any decision you want to make, or any promise you intend to keep. Without it you cannot be trusted, and without trust your ability to lead is doomed. The pious would have you believe that integrity is about holding a high [...]
I am a Heretic
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Seth Godin says, heretic = artist = leader. I like that. This heretic is here to change your life - our lives, the lives of gay men and anyone who is effected by gay men. The change will not be easy. It never has been. But it is necessary, and the rewards are [...]