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January 2022

January 20, 2022

Culture is the Character of an Organization

I have always been a bit of a loner. I hated group projects in school...

January 11, 2022

Is Purpose Created or Discovered?

We work with a lot of different organizations. No matter where they are in terms...

January 03, 2022

The Power of Structures

When we talk about corrupt or broken “systems” in our world, we are often really...

December 2021

December 09, 2021

Discerning Friends and Enemies

It is not as easy as it seems to discern between friend and foe. In...

December 07, 2021

Barometers for Success

We all want success. One hundred percent of human beings are chasing after success. Gandhi,...

October 2021

October 19, 2021

Laying Tracks for Meaning and Success

When I was in high school, I went to see a chiropractor. I was captain...

October 12, 2021

When Enough is Enough

If you are anything like me, there is a great tyranny that threatens your ability...

October 07, 2021

Making and Using Emotions

Where do emotions come from? How are they born, reared, and pushed from the nest?...

October 05, 2021

Alignment and Consistency within the Confusion and Chaos

So much of my time is spent trying to figure out what to do. What...

September 2021

September 02, 2021

The Purposes of Celebrating Work

When I was a kid, I had no idea what Labor Day was about. It...

August 2021

August 31, 2021

Learning How to Learn

When I was in school, I dreaded going to class. I didn’t enjoy it and,...

August 19, 2021

What Are You Setting Aside?

Recently, I was sharing with some friends of mine about how I often feel “set...

August 03, 2021

The Danger of Just Getting By

Many of us, either by intention or perceived necessity, have adopted a certain strategy for...

July 2021

July 27, 2021

The Sports Metaphor

There is a great verse in the early chapters of The Gospel of Mark where...

July 22, 2021

Coping Mechanisms

In the course of the human journey, there is one significant fork in the road....

June 2021

June 10, 2021

The Allure of Self-Sacrifice

There are few things as fascinating as the reality of self-sacrifice. Most of our movies,...

June 08, 2021

Analyzing My Ability to Analyze

Just about every choice we make is a cost/benefit analysis. Our brains look at the...

June 03, 2021

Zooming Away

We are currently on vacation. Life in New York City can be as full of...

May 2021

May 27, 2021

The Characteristics of a Treasure

We are all searching for some kind of treasure. Something that suddenly propels us to...

May 25, 2021

How to Impress an Angel

The Biblical story of Job is well known. It centers around Job’s suffering at the...

May 18, 2021

Whose Decision Is It?

One of the things that can quickly derail our ability to make decisions is the...

May 04, 2021

The Myth of Inaction

When faced with an overwhelming amount of choices (or a set of choices we don’t...

April 2021

April 15, 2021

Tax Day: God and Money

The famous verse in The Bible claims that we cannot serve both God and money....

April 13, 2021

Reaching for the Top Branches

We have a tendency to reach for the lowest hanging fruit. Whatever is easiest, serves...

February 2021

February 25, 2021

When to Forfeit and When to Fight

There are two kinds of people in the world - those who give up too...

February 23, 2021

Three Kinds of Leaders

In our work with The Crossroad, we have discovered that people have very diverse ideas of...

January 2021

January 19, 2021

Why Morals Are Not Enough

American society is in a right-and-wrong tug-o-war. We are wrestling with one another. We are...

January 07, 2021

Why More Really is the Answer

More gets a bad wrap. People like me are always writing and raving about the...

January 05, 2021

Our Unjust System of Weights and Measures

We often talk about reality TV shows as “guilty pleasures”. I must confess there are...

December 2020

December 31, 2020

My Favorite Day of the Year

Although there is very little to it, as far as “holidays” go, my favorite day...