Imagine if at the beginning of each year we envisioned the next 365 days with the same emotional vigor we reserve for the critical reflection on the year gone by? “There’s always next year,” I hear people say. What about the one year that statement rings untrue? See, the New Year, while great to celebrate the hope of newness, typically … Read more
This past semester, I was listening to my inspiring students’ final projects for a class I teach called “Leading with Authentic Purpose” which focuses on re-framing leadership as a deeply personal, existential process. The final assignment charged each student to deeply reflect and present a 5-minute talk on why they exist, how they would deliver … Read more
Imagine for a moment that you were ripped away from your current reality. Torn from your family, your friends, and every thing that mattered to you in the world and forced into a dark, cold place filled with death, disrespect, and torture. It was in this chilling place that Viktor Frankl, a holocaust survivor and … Read more