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The One Capacity You’ve Ignored Far Too Long—Part 1

If you had to identify one human capacity that makes each of the following possible, what would it be?

  • Engineering a city
  • Executing a business strategy
  • Producing offspring
  • Running a marathon
  • Playing in a jazz quartet

The answer may not be obvious. These activities seem to have little in common.

Before revealing what connects them, consider a second list. What might underlie these familiar organizational problems?

  • Lack of trust
  • Miscommunication
  • Lack of clarity
  • Lack of accountability

At first glance, the two lists appear to ask DOWNLOAD PDF

By |2026-08-31T19:18:06-04:00August 31st, 2026|Blog, Communication, Leadership|0 Comments

Relaxation Arises from Integrity: Cultivating a Spacious Being

The holidays can be confusing. They swing between obligations, unrealistic expectations, and the aspiration to “finally relax.” A great deal of this confusion stems from how we view rest.

We use words such as “relaxation” and “rest” casually, as if they simply mean the absence of busyness. Psychologically, “relaxation” is defined as a state free from tension—a release, an easing, a subtraction. In both cases, “relaxation” is framed negatively: as the removal of something.

An Inquiry into Relaxation

On the first evening of a weeklong retreat, David arrived well after the opening session had begun. He burst through the DOWNLOAD PDF

By |2026-06-03T14:31:32-04:00December 8th, 2025|Blog, Practice|0 Comments

Humility and the Unfinished World

About six years ago, I realized that many of the issues I cared most about would not be resolved in my lifetime; some might even be regressing. It was a quiet but unsettling reckoning. For a while, I resisted it, holding onto the hope that enough effort or conviction might still bend the arc of events toward resolution. But over time, with a touch of humility, I saw that some of what I longed to see mended or made whole would remain unfinished—as perhaps it always was.

It took time to make peace with that recognition—to understand that the world’s fractures DOWNLOAD PDF

By |2026-06-03T14:32:01-04:00October 20th, 2025|Blog, Learning/Coaching, Wisdom|0 Comments
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