Something to ponder today, in a grim news cycle where there's lots of words, but few with the power to do anything will. Still.
Why do we disconnect our sense of leadership in the world and our sense of leadership in our communities when then are connected? /1
Why do we disconnect our sense of leadership in the world and our sense of leadership in our communities when then are connected? /1
Is America convincing itself to abdicate global responsibility and global power because its leaders are so thoroughly eroded, or vice versa?
When did it become ok to so thoroughly abdicate the cost of this aversion to responsibility to the young and the vulnerable? /2
When did it become ok to so thoroughly abdicate the cost of this aversion to responsibility to the young and the vulnerable? /2
Our government used to send men to the moon, and defend human freedom in the world, and do other impossible things -- because it understood that the investment in inspiration is repaid countless times over. This engine has now been outsourced. /3
Wealth is concentrated upward while responsibility is passed down the chain.
If our teachers are also supposed to be public safety officers, why do we pay them so badly while asking so much? /4
If our teachers are also supposed to be public safety officers, why do we pay them so badly while asking so much? /4
Leadership matters
Global leadership
Community leadership
You cannot lead unless you are willing to be responsible for hard decisions. You cannot lead unless you know what your values are, and are willing to defend them. /5
Global leadership
Community leadership
You cannot lead unless you are willing to be responsible for hard decisions. You cannot lead unless you know what your values are, and are willing to defend them. /5
Leadership isn't "winning," or crushing opponents, or whipping the crowd, or radicalizing people so they dance when you pull their strings.
Leadership is sacrifice. Leadership is duty. Leadership is service. Leadership is hard, thankless work. It's lonely more often than not. /6
Leadership is sacrifice. Leadership is duty. Leadership is service. Leadership is hard, thankless work. It's lonely more often than not. /6
Everybody wants to be a part of something bigger than themselves.
Everybody wants someone to tell them what to do so that it will all turn out ok.
In the absence of those things being done right, conspiracies and hollow men will fill the gap. /7
Everybody wants someone to tell them what to do so that it will all turn out ok.
In the absence of those things being done right, conspiracies and hollow men will fill the gap. /7
