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Tag Archives: Challenge
On the Value and Joy of Challenging Yourself
In his recent blog, Challenge Yourself, John Maxwell suggests to great leaders that they go beyond the daily challenges they receive from others and challenge themselves. He says: “You know your strengths. You know your dreams. You know your heart. … Continue reading
Posted in Tools
Tagged Challenge, Growth and Development, John Maxwell, Joshua Marine, Self-Knowledge
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On the Joy of Always Going Beyond
Neale Donald Walsch writes: “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” The lives of great leaders are filled with the continuing excitement of newness: seeing the world, ideas and people through different eyes, challenging the ‘as is’ in … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure
Tagged Boundary, Ceaselessness, Challenge, Commitment, Courage, Lao Tzu, Neale Donbald Walsch, Possibility, Thomas Jefferson
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The Beauty of a Different View of the Pandemic
In a recent MERI Center Blog is a poem by Lynn Ungar about the pandemic. It opens great leaders’ eyes to a beautiful new way of seeing and living in this difficult time. Pandemic What if you thought of it … Continue reading
Posted in Imagination
Tagged Beauty, Challenge, Discovery, Lynn Ungar, Marcel Proust, Mindset, POEM, Possibility
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Being a Beginner Again
Great leaders’ lives are filled with the great learnings and experiences of their professional and personal journeys. These are the storehouses of knowledge that have contributed and continue to contribute to their extraordinary successes and achievements. They become the safe … Continue reading
Posted in Mosaic
Tagged Accomplishment, Achievement, Beginning, Challenge, Leo Buscaglia, Mary Shelley, Steve Jobs, Success
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Everything Worthwhile Is Uphill
John Maxwell said: “Everything worthwhile is uphill.” The great leaders’ uphill climbs are the products of their continuing and relentless search for those things in life that bring value and richness to achieving their life’s purpose and meaning. Their pursuit … Continue reading
Posted in Fulfillment, Tools
Tagged Challenge, Commitment, Conquer, Edmund Hillary, John Maxwell, Passion, T.S. Eliot
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On Dreams
Great leaders are great dreamers. They realize that dreams are realities in waiting, the seeds that they will nurture, grow and eventually harvest. They take form quietly as they go about their daily interactions – seeing life as it is, … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure
Tagged Carl Sandburg, Challenge, Colin Powell, Curiosity, Dream, Mindset, Reality, Success, Transformation
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Because You Are Still Growing
In his book, The Sower’s Seeds, Brian Cavanaugh tells the story of Sir Edmund Hillary as a reminder to great leaders of the power of their commitment and steadfastness in achieving their life’s goals and purpose. Sir Edmund Hillary was … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Cavanaugh, Challenge, Failure, Greatness, Growth, Perseverance, Simon Sinek, Sir Edmund Hillary
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Beyond the Bridge
A friend, a university professor, recently shared a story with me about how a mis-spoken sentence turned into a great learning and insight. Toward the end of his class, he was reviewing the course syllabus about what was ahead in … Continue reading
Posted in Beyond
Tagged Accomplishment, Allegory, Arthur C. Clarke, Challenge, David Russell, Enlightenment, Goal, Insight, Limit
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A Life Built on Challenge
It is inevitable that the lives of great leaders are filled with great challenges. Albert Camus speaks to great leaders of those moments: “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” These … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Camus, Challenge, Character, Enthusiasm, Growth, Inspiration, Martin Luther King Jr., Michele Leonard, Opportunity, Passion, Purpose
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The Beauty and Joy of Trust
In his book, Leaders, Warren Bennis wrote: “An organization’s only unforgivable sin is the betrayal of trust. Trust is the emotional glue that bonds followers and leaders together. Whether it is a professional or personal matter, there is something that … Continue reading
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Tagged Challenge, Commitment, Ernest Hemingway, John Maxwell, Knowledge, Risk, Seth Godin, Stephen Covey, Trust, Understanding, Warren Bennis, William Paul Young
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