My writing
The gifts of the human web

On turning 36 this year

Onboarding new employees: the two most valuable strategies I've learned

Living into questions

Favorite poems
+Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Favorite parables
We'll see
Knowing where to tap

"Kensho" means a moment of insight along the journey.  This notebook is a collection of my lessons, insights, and mistakes.

Gaining perspective

• Don't believe everything you think
• We see things as we are, not as they are
• It's all invented
• Life is happening for you, not to you
• ​Leadership is about attitude, not position
• You're exactly where you're meant to be
• ​We have a hard time seeing ourselves
• The beauty of imperfection

Apparent paradoxes

• Hustle and surrender
• Striving and self-acceptance
• Meditating and not trying to get anywhere
• What is here now when there is no problem to solve?
  

Being more present

• Your most valuable resource is your attention
• Living into better questions

Continuous learning

• Growth mindset
• You can't change what you're not aware of
• Strive to be a good-ish person
  

Living more authentically

• ​​You are not your resume
• What are your narratives, stories, and beliefs?  And how do you let go
• Different types of wealth

Personal journey

• Goal: Don't get any A's in business school​
• I am not my skin: my journey of terrible acne and why I wouldn't change a thing

Freedom, courage, and choice

• ​​How I coach people smarter than I am
• What game are you playing?
• We are meaning making machines
• Superstition & the bowling ball
• Being in the arena

Redefining leadership

• ​Invitational leadership
• Lead better by asking increasingly better questions
• Being curious over being right
• Embracing the unknown

Better thinking

• Decision making

Connection

• The gifts of the human web