The Positive: Workplace and Life

Leadership is not about the size of your office or the prestige of your title. And it's not just for CEOs and VPs of sales. We all can lead, in all that we do. For me, true leadership is more about the depth of your commitment and the strength of your character than about the position that you hold. Lead without a title, as it were.

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To me, leadership is a way of being. It's about inspiring all of those who surround you to realize their gifts and stand for personal greatness. It's about taking responsiblility for every dimension of your life, as opposed to blaming others for what's not working. It's about devoting yourself to excellence in every pursuit and making things better, no matter how good they already are. After all, when has "good enough" really ever been good enough?

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Leadership is also about connecting to people. Deeply. Genuinely. Passionately. Because business and life are really all about people. And people can always spot a fake...

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A friend of mine were having a discussion recently, about how incredibly short life can be. How we need to dream, act and be the people we know we can be... right now. How all that we can leave behind, in the end, are the great things we have done and the kindness we have given others. And, how success is powerful. But living with integrity and significance is even better. Those of us who live with all of these elements are those who are superb leaders and human beings. These are goals with the underlining understanding that none of us are perfect.

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The bottom line is any person who wants to lead and live a remarkable life, can. Teachers, entrepreneurs, artists and students can lead. As Mark Twain once wrote, "if everybody was satisfied with himself there would be no heroes."

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Work Out Report:

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Sat: 3 miles...measly, I know but I have friends who are bad influences on me. ; )

Sun: 1 hr, spin class, 20 mile equivalent

Mon: Rest Day (small, family emergencies notwithstanding)

Tues: Gym and 1hr, spin class, 20 mile equiv.

Wed: Gym and 1hr, spin class addiction 'fix', 20 mile equiv.

Thurs: 7 miles on the trails, sans the walk breaks. My longest continous run, to date.

Fri: Happy Hours vs. Gym and a Run? ....hmmm; TBD