Leadership
“The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.” ~John Maxwell
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Field Research: Year Bearing
This Field Note invites a quiet pause at the start of the year. Rather than setting goals, it encourages readers to name their current roles, choose a clear direction, and take one small step forward. Year Bearing begins not with ambition, but with orientation and attention. Continue reading
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Choosing a Bearing
This essay reframes resolutions as direction, not declarations. It invites readers to name their roles, choose a bearing, and make small course corrections through the year. By practicing agency and resolve through simple, repeatable actions, lasting change compounds quietly, shaping who we become by December rather than what we achieve. Continue reading
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Agency — The Turning Point
Agency is the hidden strength beneath every virtue, the power to direct your life rather than drift through it. After thirteen weeks of practiced discipline, this is the turning point: intention, responsibility, discipline, courage, and self-government rising into a directed life. Agency is yours. Use it with purpose. Continue reading
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Virtue Series | Week 13 – Humility
Humility steadies a man. It clears pride, sharpens vision, and anchors daily life in truth. It strengthens relationships, shapes leadership, and opens the heart to God’s guidance. This virtue frees us from performance and invites us into teachability, service, and quiet strength. Humility is the ground where grace does its best work. Continue reading
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Virtue Series | Week 11 – Tranquility
Franklin’s eleventh virtue calls for disciplined calm amid life’s noise. Tranquility isn’t escape—it’s strength under control. Through composure, restraint, faith, and endurance, we learn to stay steady when others rush. True peace is not the absence of trouble but mastery of self within it. Continue reading
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Virtue Series | Week 9 – Moderation
Moderation is not restraint but rhythm—the art of proportion that steadies emotion, action, and desire. Franklin saw it as self-command: the freedom found in balance. This week’s reflection explores how composure, forgiveness, and gratitude anchor the soul amid the noise of excess. Continue reading
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Quote to Ponder ~ Jürgen Klopp
“If you don’t learn from defeat, you are defeated. If you learn from defeat, you’ve learned a very important lesson.” ~ Jürgen Klopp One of the most successful football managers of all time. He is known for his charismatic personality and tactical philosophy, particularly Gegenpressing, and for leading clubs like Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool to significant success, Continue reading
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Virtue Series | Week 8 – Justice
Justice is more than the absence of harm; it is the active pursuit of what is right. Franklin’s virtue calls for proportion, not equality—truth joined with mercy, courage shaped by humility, and goodness extended both outward and inward. To live justly is to restore right order, one act at a time. Continue reading
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