Leaders Lead Lonely Lives
A very peculiar irony is that leaders lead solitary lives. If you are a leader, you know what I mean. That’s right. Leaders are some of the loneliest of people. It’s an irony because from everyone else’s perspective, they are always seen leading others. How could they possibly be feeling
In Search Of New Talent
I love originality. It’s a rare find these days. Most people haven’t found their own voice yet, so they sing familiar cover songs that others have already had success with. Adam Grant and Simon Sinek here, Oprah and Michelle Obama there. One repost after another of the same playlist. I
Build On Your Own Superpower
Five years ago, I decided it was time to exit a work environment that had become obsessed with standardization, expecting similar and increasingly uniform results from a clientele that was wired to express themselves entirely in unique ways. Those two things, sameness and uniqueness, can’t be developed simultaneously. Friction results
Learning Never Ends
What you formally learned in school will never carry you through the demands of your career and personal life. That includes all your college degrees and professional certifications. Why is that? The answer is complicated. Do you have the ability to answer that yourself with what you learned maybe ten
Your Zone of Purpose
How well do you know you? I’m not referring to the awkward work you did while in middle and high school. I remember one of my students many years ago coming up to me in the first week of school and saying, “Mr. Prosser, I suck at math.” I said,
Are You At A Crossroad?
What stage of life are you in? The First Half, or the Second Half? Only you can know which one it is. The First Half is dominated by experimentation and testing whether you have actually discovered the truest expression of yourself both personally and professionally. At some point, you begin