Category: Glacier National Park

Do the math on risk

Black bear in bushes
Black Bear sighting last night. 

Respect for fear is healthy. Paralysis from fear is deadly. Calculated risk-taking is a core leadership competency. 

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Focusing on the obvious isn’t obvious

IPhone alarm screen
Great leaders understand the importance of rest. To know and not do is to not yet know; to not do is also incompetence. 

Knowledge without action is incompetence. 

Knowledge with action is competence. 

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Sow and reap

Name card and Pixar Soul toys
We reap what we sow. Plant good seeds and let the magic of compound interest work for you in astonishing ways.

Today, like everyday, excel at your most important responsibility. 

Lead yourself exceptionally well.

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How about them books?

Mountains
Majestic from the photo. Speechless when in person.
  • Former Ocean bottom. Remarkable. i can imagine Sperry Glacier spilling over the edge.
  • All Trails and Covid have left a big scar on Reynolds.
  • Another angle.
  • Third Rock from the Sun. Rock is what we are, Earth.
  • More context to the grandeur.
  • Little Matterhorn, which looks down onto Avalanche Lake (out of sight).
  • Sperry Glacier basin leading left to Avalanche lake basin (out of sight). Reynolds, top right. Bishops Cap top-center horizon.
  • Reynolds (top center).
  • Little Matterhorn, lower right. Edwards, left wall (and almost entirely out of sight).
  • Gunsight Mountain. Didn’t have the bandwidth to summit. Next time.
  • Mt Reynolds, left. Heavy Runner, Center. Siyeh, right.
  • Little Matterhorn (lower right).
  • Iconic Comeau Pass steps.
Sperry Glacier hike, September 6, 2021.

The books are coming along nicely. They are organizational vibrancy blueprints. Five organizational pillars, 19 organizational blueprints.

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A sincere pat on the back

Thanksgiving dinner, September 5.
  • Dining Hall.
  • Simple sunlight and plastic drinking cups.
  • Fancy plates hold an exquistly plated meal, for a backcountry environment.
  • Sperry Chalet’s world-famous lemonade.
  • A stark reminder.
  • Evening stroll, ever further from dorm hotel. One final Fireweed bloom before winter?
  • We surprised each other. i found a place to sit and reflect. The Goat was simply passing through.
  • Magnificent creature, as are humans. Mutual appreciation?
  • Speaking of creation, a salad like this, deep in the backcountry is literally a miracle to behold.
Sperry Chalet dinner and after dinner.

Things people like to be recognized for: 

Organizational values. ORCHIDB (the acronym for Disney’s seven Leadership values). Exceeding expectations, consistency, improvement, breakthroughs, quality, teamwork, leadership, development, revenue growth, cost reduction/elimination.

Personal values. Special assignments, flexible schedule, development, autonomy, family, volunteering, causes, mentoring. 

Exceeding employee, customer, and/or business.

Innovation. (Problem solving and opportunity creation)

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