The Santa Fe Leadership Center set out recently to explore some of the dynamics of being a new head of an independent, private school, partly in preparation for one of our Seminars and partly to find out what people in these positions were experiencing that we might be able to address in a thoughtful, systematic
Watching some of the Winter Olympics, the most accomplished athletes in their respective sports competing for medals while representing their countries, one cannot help but have deep admiration and respect for the hours and years of training and preparation. Those competitors must be practitioners of the 10,000 hours to reach a level of mastery that
James Surowiecki, writing in the January 27 issue of The New Yorker entitled his article “The Cult of Overwork.” He makes the point by noting that thirty years ago, the best paid workers in the U.S. were much less likely to work long days than low-paid workers were. That, of course, has all changed and
For those who work hard, who work long hours, and are deeply engrossed in a particular job, a common fault seems to be that they do not take time out very often for their own restoration, renewal and regeneration. The missing ingredient is often a plan that includes a commitment to honor the process of
On Saturday, December 21, 2013 at 10:11 AM MST (for me) the sun reached its southernmost point before starting back on its northward trek toward Spring. You can calculate your own time accordingly. Actually it has more to do with the tilt of the earth on its axis and its elliptical orbit but we will leave
Living where there are four distinct seasons is a reminder of preparing for and welcoming change, mostly a change in the weather. The accompanying visual and visceral experiences range from the position of sunrise and sunset to variations in temperatures and colors and mother nature at her best. On this Thanksgiving morning the sun bathed
