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Insight and Inspiration for Living Your Legacy
That life ends is a fact.
For some, the inevitability of death is a cause of fear. For others, that our time ends is a motivator to make the most of whatever time we have left.
“Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what’s left and live it...
I spent two-and-a-half years wandering around the wilderness trying to figure out Creative on Purpose's "what's it for" and "who's it for." I spun endless cycles on ideas and projects that took a lot of time and effort to create.
These efforts received zero...
It feels like we’re in an endless season of politics and division here in the United States. It seems like we’ve settled into an endless loop of hoping and waiting for one side or the other to win and to fix things.
But can you name any meaningful and sustained change that has...
Do you ever catch yourself taking your work and yourself just a wee bit too seriously?
I sure do...
To make a difference is to do work that matters. Work that's worth it serves others. This work is fraught, which is why it's so fulfilling. Endeavors that make a difference build identity...
We're all born with and cultivate different temperaments and tolerances. I happen to possess and employ more than my share of vitality. I can, and do, get a lot of sh*t done.
But that's very different than getting sh*t worth doing done...
I've spent most of my life conflating...
I’ve been a personal development junkie ever since I was a kid. I’ve read more books and articles on the subject than I can count.
Having surely passed the halfway point in my journey of becoming, I have learned a few things worth sharing about being and doing more and better.
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I get scared. I get scared a lot.
If you're a difference-maker, I bet you get scared too.
By definition, flying higher in the difference only you can make means seeking the edges of your understanding and abilities. Trying things that might not work, embracing uncertainty, and navigating...
Do you seek out opportunities to embrace uncertainty and navigate adversity?
Most don't...
Most of the time, most of us would prefer the false confidence and certainty that comes with every day looking more or less like the day that came before.
Human beings are programmed by...
Transformation is a term that's quite ubiquitous these days. Why is that?
You can't scroll for even a few seconds through social media without tripping over a "transformation coach." In the Akimbo Workshops where I serve as a head coach, "transformation" is the word students most...
Are you familiar with the ship of Theseus?
It's an old thought experiment about identity first shared by one of my favorite pre-socratic philosophers, Heraclitus, whose enigmatic utterances and cryptic wordplay earned him the nickname, "The Obscure."
Have I lost you yet? Please stick around....
Do you struggle to understand what power is and where it resides? I know I do.
Part of the struggle is understanding that power is often associated with assumptions that are not absolutes.
Power doesn't have to be coercion, corrupting, or confined to people with certain personalities, positions,...
Have you defined the difference only you can make? Have you identified the audience that needs you to show up for them? Do they resonate with the promise you share with them?
It took me years to answer those questions. And even when I had clarity about the change I seek to make, who it's for, and...
