SPOILER ALERT!! Leadership is NOT about making people happy.  It’s about helping them. Very basic concept, but extremely profound. Why is this challenging? Because when you lead someone, the truth is many sometimes they won’t be happy with you. But that’s ok and is your job as a leader. Need an example that universally relates?…

Over the last few weeks, we have learned about the 4 pillars of Stoic Philosophy. Why is this important? In leadership, you need to control your internal thoughts/mind.  As your thoughts/mind control your actions.  And your actions control your results. Success is an inside job, my friend. And when you use the 4 virtues of…

Moderation or Temperance is the 4th stoic virtue. I intentionally left it until the end. Why? Candidly, I struggle with most with this being I am recovering alcoholic & addict. Thus, I  cannot talk with an overwhelming amount of authority here.  That’s the ugly truth.  And while in some ways I have improved drastically, in…

Justice is defined by the Merriam Webster dictionary as: the quality of being impartial, or fair. Justice is an incredibly valuable virtue especially since life is not fair. In fact, anyone telling you otherwise, should not be trusted.  As a leader you have to strive for justice in order to support your team, clients and…

“The More I Learn The Less I Know.” – Tony Bennett  This quote perfectly describes the 2nd stoic virtue of wisdom.  As the sober reality is that attaining wisdom is a lifetime pursuit. Something that you can acquire more of, but will always be elusive to some degree. Although the journey of its pursuit is…

I listed the 4 Stoic Virtues last week below.. They are in no specific order according to the Stoics. But the best way I digest them specific to leadership is attacking COURAGE as number 1. The fact is that strong Leadership often times means going against the grain. It means taking action not that is…