The one unknown obligation of leadership no one has called out

gratitude
sure the bench is cold, but only a civilized society has benches like this (be thankful you live there)

The unknown obligation of leadership… Gratitude.

The most assured way to feel gratitude is to know it could be worse. The other way is to feel AMAZINGLY blessed with the basics: sight, sound, taste, touch, smell, to laugh, read, talk, to love and be loved.

And back to leadership… to have the privilege to lead.

And to have it be your livelihood, wow, how special is that?

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The Pest Control guy was a blessing in disguise yesterday

carpenter ants
Carpenter Ants are nocturnal and make large colonies

Our Pest Control technician was a blessing in disguise yesterday. Didn’t answer his door bell ring until 15 minutes later, busy working from home. Finally went outside to show him the Carpenter ant colony location.

He asked about my book. And when we were done, I fulfilled my promise and called the proof reader. Been subconsciously making excuses for way too long.

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PS. See ya in a week Shelli.

A fond leadership memory from 9/11

disney hiring ads
a recent Orlando Sentinel Disney hiring ad

 

September 11, 2001… was facilitating a professional development program with a colleague. We began the day at 6:30 am with Guests arriving at 7:30am for content. By 8:00am, we found ourselves at Epcot’s Germany pavilion for breakfast and a simulated on-the-job training experience.

As we were walking back to the bus around 10:00am, we were appraised. By the time we returned to the classroom facility, our boss was waiting curbside. Never had I been so unprepared for the next step. But with Tom there…

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