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The Purple Butterfly Effect: 1 Belief That Can Transform Leaders

This past semester, I was listening to my inspiring students’ final projects for a class I teach called “Leading with Authentic Purpose” which focuses on re-framing leadership as a deeply personal, existential process. The final assignment charged each student to deeply reflect and present a 5-minute talk on why they exist, how they would deliver … Read more

3 Ways to Stay Calm in Any Situation

Imagine for a moment that you were ripped away from your current reality. Torn from your family, your friends, and every thing that mattered to you in the world and forced into a dark, cold place filled with death, disrespect, and torture. It was in this chilling place that Viktor Frankl, a holocaust survivor and … Read more

Stop Using the “If, Then” Excuse

Blake Mycoskie, in his book, Start Something that Matters states, “People fear the unknown, but the truth is, everything is unknown by definition – no one really ever knows what they are getting themselves into. People tend to think that they should start something ONLY when they are totally and completely knowledgeable about the field … Read more