One of the challenges of leadership is being able to trust in the information that you are both seeing and being given during daily routines. The ability to remove oneself from the midst of the event and to gain perspective is an important skill

Have you ever watched a master? One who has reached a level of proficiency at their activity that the true difficulty of their work, sport or art is completely hidden in the simplicity of their motion? A sculptor releases the image hidden in the stone…

Life is very busy; we are overbooked, managing multiple schedules of work and family life, and trying to stay sane in the process.  It is not surprising then, if over time we forget to stop, acknowledge and celebrate  the little successes that occur each day. 

This is the start of an ongoing journal of my personal growth journey.  As I look back on my 30 years of working, I can trace the times when I was actively engaged in pushing my development and growth, then the period when the push for growth tapered off, the ensuing disillusionment and growing frustration, and the the re-ignition of curiosity and deliberate intentional growth.