True Leadership

January 29, 2025 |

For me, it’s definitional. Bullies are not leaders. That may have titles and positions of authority but that doesn’t make them leaders. Both titles and positions may give them power to abuse but that is not leadership. It’s merely coercion and abuse. I’ve taught classes and workshops on leadership for years. I’ve held leadership positions…

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MLK Day Reflections

January 21, 2025 |

Monday, Peter and I joined a couple hundred people from the San Marcos area at the LBJ MLK Crossroads Memorial for the start of the annual MLK walk. According to the city website, this is the only place in the United States that streets honoring these two leaders of the Civil Rights movement form an intersection.…

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The Kindness of Strangers

January 15, 2025 |

I’ve always loved this line from A Streetcar Named Desire (which is also just a great title) by Tennessee Williams, “I’ve always depended on the kindness of strangers.” There are many ways to understand this line of Blanche Dubois’ and if you’re curious about them, I recommend this thread from Quora, I stumbled upon when I wanted…

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