Miscellaneous is an overarching term. There are many things that don’t fit neatly into one category or that have a special unique resonance. I’ve used this space to highlight these issues.
What Chief Joseph Can Teach Us About Leadership History tends to focus on the winners. Leadership is more complicated than that. Sometimes a leader does everything possible and still loses.…
Why I Am Grateful to Be an American Reflections as We Celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary Every time I travel abroad, I am reminded of two things. First, how much there…
Why Gratitude May Be the Most Underrated Leadership Trait “Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man…
Opening Reflection – Balancing Achievement and Fulfillment As I write this, I am somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean…
Thank You, Mikel: A Leadership Lesson Acknowledged by a Lifelong Arsenal Fan I have been an Arsenal fan…
A Midlife Learning, Wisdom, and Personal Reinvention Platform MEA Wisdom, also known as the Modern Elder Academy (MEA),…
Stop typing and start thinking out loud. Most people don’t struggle with ideas—they struggle with getting those ideas…
Introduction – Life Lessons Learned at 60 Sixty has a way of sneaking up on you. It doesn’t…
The Setting: The Hills of Galilee – The Night Before The Sermon on the Mount Evening settles over…
Presidents’ Day is more than a long weekend or a retail event. At its core, it is a…
This is the latest installment of my series of fictional interviews with historical leaders. This time, Catherine The…
Our Past: A Culture of Courage I did not grow up in a culture of fear. In fact,…
At a time when so much content is designed to provoke, persuade, or optimize, this essay offers a…
Introduction: Why Augustus Caesar Matters Augustus Caesar (63 BC – 14 AD) remains one of the most influential…
Why These Leadership Book Recommendations Exist Today’s leaders face an abundance of information, ideas, and “must-read” lists. But…
Introduction: The Last Tudor Standing Few leaders in history have carried the weight of expectation—and the sting of…
By learning to master your own mind first — improving self-awareness, observation, empathy, and habits — you can…
Holistic health in leadership recognizes that your physical, mental, and emotional well-being are not “personal extras” — they…
Write Your Own Songs – Explore Your Inner Creative Spirit If you haven’t taken the time to explore…
Here is the next installment of my fictional interviews with important historical figures. This time it is Confucius.…
Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future is more than a book about China; it’s a challenge to…
Introduction – Interview with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Here is another in my series of fictional interviews…
Short Story – A Weekend At A Friendship Retreat Some weekends come and go. This one is meant to…
Introduction: The New Reality of Parenting Childhood today looks very different than it did a generation or two…
My fictitious leadership interview with Ashoka the Great: Background He is one of the most fascinating figures from…
Another installment in my series of fictional interviews with historical leadership figures. This time it is Winston Churchill.…
“Do you think the world was created by an accountant? No! The universe was created by the combustion…
We’ve entered a season of upheaval—a time when institutions are shaken, norms are rewritten, and society itself is…
Educate the people. Respect their judgment. Fear concentrated power. And question everything—even your own certainty... Lead with reason,…
"Leadership meant restoring balance without breaking the vessel...I did not come to revolutionise—I came to repair. The treasury…
France had known anarchy. I brought clarity. Yes, I held power tightly—but I used it to build. I…
When the 56 signers put their names to the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, they weren’t…
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