Service – A leader needs to view leadership as a service. He/she is a servant, not a king or a dictator. Personal goals and aspirations are set aside and replaced by the […]
Leadership – 3
Integrity – honesty, sincerity, truthfulness, trustworthiness If a leader expects to be followed, it is essential that he/she be trustworthy. The followers must know that the leader is truthful. Honesty is essential […]
Leadership – 2
Caveat: Although the various leadership attributes I am addressing appear here in a linear manner, no relative importance is intended by the order in which they are presented. Resourceful – ingenious, imaginative, […]
Leadership
Being an election year, it seems appropriate that I write something about that process. However, I’m not a very political person, and I refuse to engage in Republican/Democrat controversies. It seems more […]
This Too Shall Pass
There is a new persona taking up residence in my psyche, and I’m not sure how to deal with him, or even if he’s welcome. For 75 years I’ve thought to emulate […]
Troubling
I am troubled this morning! During the past presidential campaign, I succumbed to email solicitations and made a few very small donations to the Democratic Party’s attempt to unseat Donald Trump. I […]
What Goes Around Comes Around
Well, it’s finally here – election day. I don’t kid myself into believing by tonight we’ll know who our next president is. That’s just not going to happen. And yet this morning […]
Trump – “Worst Criminal?”
Nano has begun and today I will devote my writing energies to my novel. But first I think I must respond to a recent interview in The New Yorker with Noam Chomsky, […]
A Profound Sadness – Money as King
As the final day of the election approaches, there is an increasing barrage of requests for financial support. “The opponents are raising more money than we are. We need to keep up. […]
Gratitude for obstacles
“We don’t grow in spite of the obstacles in our lives, we grow from them.” Ralph De La Rosa Thoughts of Donald Trump invade my mind as I do my morning reading, […]
NEW PERSPECTIVES 