This week at church, the homily was about patience and our relentless need to focus on what hasn't been done. The priest talked about "dolce far niente" - the sweetness of doing nothing.

Last week I had a super long day of client calls and teaching CI to a new leadership team.  By the end, I should have been exhausted. Instead, I was amped up (and so were they!)

Last week I had fancy dinner for a great cause and brought my executive network together.   One of them mentioned advice that had shifted his brain years earlier - "You know, you can hire people better than you."

Yesterday I joined 45,000 fans to watch the Savannah Bananas play baseball at Citizens Bank Park.  It was fast-paced, choreographed chaos - music, backflips, nonstop energy. (I loved it.)  And beneath the fun was one of the most magnetic, high-performance business models I’ve ever seen.

When he was in his early 50s, Father Tom Mullin was asked to found our church parish.  He started with a handful of people, saying Mass in school gyms, fire halls, and synagogues until the church could be built 6 years later.

"Chase the heal, not the hurt."  This quote perfectly summarized the root of a few conversations this week, so I'm pondering why we so often chase the hurt.

Since it's Thanksgiving week, I decided to look into the science of a happy life.  Harvard has been conducting a study on happiness for 85 years, and the findings are startling.  The secret is not diet, it's not physical activity, it's not money.  

I spend a lot of time consulting on right people, right seat, right leader.  Growth happens when you as a leader trust people to be better and more passionate than you.

“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.” -Nietzsche