Category Archives: Goals

(#428) What Does Success Look Like To You?

Posted on August 5, 2018 by

Is success a noun? A verb? An adjective? Does it have to be connected to the common good? Last week, in a local shop at the beach, I spied the photo below. Th caption caught my attention: “Success is knowing … Continue reading →

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(#420) Trust As A Core Value

Posted on June 10, 2018 by

Everyone has a story and our job is to listen. A few decades years after the Civil War, Clara White, a former slave, saw a need and took action in her Jacksonville, Florida neighborhood.  Some of her neighbors did not … Continue reading →

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(#410) Your Backstory

Posted on April 1, 2018 by

Who are two people who have had the biggest impact on your life? Bernadette Jiwa’s new release, Story Driven: You Don’t Need to Compete When You Know Who You Are, “invites you to begin retracing your steps on you journey … Continue reading →

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(#407) Are You Just Doing Stuff?

Posted on March 11, 2018 by

We can easily get caught up in the “noise” around us if we allow that to happen. The wrong things end up pushing the right things to the side. An upcoming speaking engagement reminds me of a truism when it … Continue reading →

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(#406) Purpose and Authenticity

Posted on March 4, 2018 by

Mortality salience often leads you to ask questions about the meaning in your life. In his book, The Blue Zones of Happiness: Lessons from the World’s Happiest People, Dan Buettner builds a case for well-being consisting of three strands: pleasure, … Continue reading →

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(#398) We Are Where We Are

Posted on January 7, 2018 by

 “We are where we are, however we got here. What matters is where we go next.”—Isaac Marion The New Year inevitably brings resolutions. Just as inescapable are posts about those inexorable goals for the next 12 months. We generally hear … Continue reading →

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(#388) Connectors. Dividers. Adopters. Resistors.

Posted on October 29, 2017 by

We have to know who “gets it, wants it, and has the capacity for it.” A community has many attributes. For me, it’s hard to conceive of a community without unity. You cannot spell community without unity. A community represents … Continue reading →

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