Servant leadership is a buzzword at work and at church. It means the same thing in both places, but only if you know why you're doing it.
Tag: career
The Gobstopper Test
The 1971 Willy Wonka was already a reality competition, and every kid who lost, lost on character. Netflix is running the same test on adults. So is every office.
The Step in Front of You
Brushed off at nineteen, stuck in a smoke-filled office, and a cancer diagnosis that came back. What got me through all three was the same thing: the step in front of me.
Glass
A sleeping bear with her paw on the glass and a gorilla doing tricks for snacks. A day at the zoo, and the two things that got me off the mat before I turned thirty.
The Stories We Won’t Sit Through
I once worked at an insurance company where the owner smoked six cigars a day, ten feet from my desk. By afternoon the smoke was in my clothes, my hair, the paperwork. I went home smelling like his day and wondering what had happened to mine. Unhappy would have been fine. I was stuck. I … Continue reading The Stories We Won’t Sit Through
