We invite people to give up trying to change other people, organizations, or the world. It’s exhausting, it’s ego candy, and it doesn’t work very well. I don’t want others to try to change me…just trust, believe in, and support me. Organizations, like the individuals that comprise them, resist people trying to change them.

This revolution must begin inside each of us.

Ask yourself, on a scale from 1-10:

“How clear, loving, and powerful is my purpose and path?”

This is ALL that you are responsible for.

Illuminate and ignite your purpose and path by deliberately noticing, focusing on, and following whatever lights up the sparkle in your eyes, the radiance of your heart, and the fire in your belly (all three!)

Honoring differences within ourselves is a necessary prerequisite to honoring differences in the world. I can’t inspire a better world if I’m hiding an apartheid inside me! What we really want is to make “room at the table” within us for ALL of our excluded parts: our experience of victimization, fear, anger, shame, and grief, as well as what we love, our deepest dream, power, freedom, joy, gratitude, and noble brilliance.

These steps aren’t linear. We may repeat them many times a day! That’s okay. But if we make it to step five once, we’ll come here more and stay longer. It’s here we’re given to live more effectively, powerfully, and compassionately from solidarity across the rich tapestry of our differences. We become the change we want to see in the world. We become a model and a “servant leader” for others, our organizations, and our communities. Ironically, we become the seed for the change we gave up in step one!

We invite people to give up trying to change others, organizations, or the world. It’s exhausting, it’s ego candy, and it doesn’t work very well. I don’t want people to try to change me…just trust, believe in, and support me. Organizations, like individuals, resist people trying to change them.

This revolution must begin inside each of us.

Ask yourself, on a scale from 1-10:

“How clear, loving, & powerful is my purpose & path?”

This is ALL that you are responsible for.

Illuminate and ignite your purpose and path by deliberately noticing, focusing on, and following whatever lights up the sparkle in your eyes, the radiance of your heart, and the fire in your belly (all three!)

Honoring differences within ourselves is a necessary prerequisite to honoring differences in the world. I can’t inspire a better world if I’m hiding an apartheid inside me! What we really want is to make “room at the table” within us for ALL our excluded parts: fear, anger, shame, & grief, & what we love, our deepest dreams, power, freedom, joy, gratitude, & noble brilliance.

These steps aren’t linear. We may repeat them many times a day! But if we make it to step five once, we’ll come here more & stay longer. It’s here we’re given to live more effectively, powerfully, & compassionately from solidarity across the rich tapestry of our differences. We become the change we want to see in the world. We become a model & a “servant leader” for others, our organizations, & our communities. Ironically, we become the seed for the change we gave up in step one!