The Missing “C”
Most pianist understand the importance of “Middle C” in orienting themselves as they begin to play. In leadership “middle C” represents compassion – both the ability and the desire to feel for and with those you are called to lead.
New Years’ Resolutions – Goals or Gales?
As you set goals, especially those tied to very “narrow” constraints, be careful that you don’t substitute one level of uncertainty and frustration for something far more “pressuring” and unpredictable. Read on if you’ve ever set a goal but struggled to reach it.
Where does this piece go?
We are all trying to “puzzle” our way through life. As you piece together your identity, consider the people, communities, and values that impact you.
Have you Discovered the Swan Within?
You’ve likely heard the children’s story about the ugly duckling. What difference does a change in perspective make? Read on to find out how you can relate to his experience.
Discover the light within
You are capable of greatness. In fact, it is already within you. You just need to discover it, and then work to bring your life into alignment so that your life’s mission and your life become one and the same. That’s when you’ll shine. That’s when you’ll experience full joy and fulfillment, when you’re actions align to your purpose. We can help.
The key is to just start
The night I quit my job I had a decision to make: wait, or just start. I chose to just start and held a seminar the next day. People in motion tend to stay in motion and people at rest tend to stay at rest. So whatever it is you’ve been waiting to do… just start!
When moving forward means saying goodbye
There are times when our own personal journey requires that we move away from the comfort of where we were and the people who are still there. But I believe the pain of saying goodbye will always be less than the pain of looking back, having compromised on your dream or having given up on the difference you could have made.
The world needs the light and magic you have inside of you. Your journey itself—and the promise of what is to come—is more important than any position you currently occupy.
When the journey ahead terrifies you
Being terrified doesn’t mean you’re weak, it means you’re human. And the most important steps we take in life are often going to be the most terrifying. They’re terrifying because they’re significant. They’re terrifying because they take you from where you’ve been and set you on a path to somewhere new. And because that path is new, it is mostly unknown—and we’re afraid of the unknown. The world belongs to those who step anyway. The world needs you to take that next step.
TEDx Talk: Reaching your personal escape velocity
We must make a fundamental change to how we view ourselves—not as the product of our past, but for the potential of our future. Watch Rusty Lindquist use his personal story to introduce a foundational aspect of Escape Velocity at TEDx.
International Speech Competition: I’m hungry for bugs
The funny, but insightful story about how we tend to destroy what is most precious to us. A video from an international speech competition.
Finding fulfillment: 4 truths of personal progress
These four truths about mastery and personal progress will help you find fulfillment, purpose, and direction in life, and will help you get past your failures.
What you probably didn’t know about doing little things
Little things can give us a sense of accomplishment, which can be good in building momentum; but they can also help us justify putting off the big things that really move the needle.
Sleep Deprivation: how you sabotage your own success
Sometimes we give too much credit to our failures, when what we really need is just a little more of this one key thing.
Find perspective in this surprisingly effective lens for life
Sometimes it helps to look at life through a different lens—using a powerful analogy. This one tends to be highly effective in helping us view our life objectively.
Ted Williams: Don’t judge a book by its cover
The inspiring story of Ted Williams, and why you should never judge a person by your first impression of them.
How to fuel (or kill) anything
The truth is, we often let the things that matter the most to us die, not because of anything we do, but because we don’t do this one thing that is critical to all life.
Invictus, the powerful story of overcoming adversity
The poem Invictus teaches us that we can’t control the cards life deals us, but we can control what we do with those cards. We are the masters of our fate, we are the captains of our soul.
Lock-In: Why so many fail to progress in life
A common decision-making error called “lock-in”, which plagues so many people and prevents them from changing paths or moving forward in their lives.
Personal Disaster: An opportunity to change
Change becomes biologically easier when facing personal disaster. Here’s how you can take advantage of it.
10 steps to make change easier
Change is difficult, but by understanding the biology behind it, we uncover 10 powerful steps that can increase our chance of success, and even make it easier.
