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Dealing With Tolerations to Reduce Stress

upset-robot-300pxA “toleration” is a nagging issue, perhaps seemingly minor, that has been left hanging for a while…but which, even though it seems small, adds to your overall sense of stress and overwhelm. Example tolerations include: a leaky faucet, a cluttered desk, or a disorganized closet.

Technology devices are breeding grounds for tolerations: Perhaps your computer has some malware on it, or your phone battery is draining too quickly.

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Life Purpose: What’s It All About?

womansittinginnature-300pxNo offense to atheists, but I’m glad I believe there’s more to this world than a random accident of matter and energy coalescing to form the miracle that is the universe. Don’t get me wrong – I still have no idea how a perfect God could just exist out of nowhere – it makes no sense – but I can concede that my human brain is perhaps too limited to understand what the truth really is.

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Servant Leadership vs. Virtue Signalling

anonymous-rich-man-s-strut-300pxOnce you start to shift your focus from self-gratification to servant leadership, you’ll find many opportunities to fall back into old egoistic habits. One of the biggest challenges to anyone wanting to be a servant leader is the tendency to turn the desire to help others into another form of self-righteous pride. This can be an insidious temptation that can creep up into your consciousness if you are not careful. Question: Are you focused more on actually being of service, or wearing your service like a badge of honor?

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Changing the Mindset to Servant Leadership

helpingthefallen-300pxIn a narcissistic Western culture, the idea of serving others is often painted as selling out, not being true to yourself, or being “codependent.” While independence is important, we’ve forgotten the value of service.

Sometimes, yes, we can put other people’s needs above our own in ways that aren’t totally healthy. But that’s not what servant leadership is about. Servant leadership doesn’t come out of a place of need or desperation to make someone else love us. Nor is it about “fixing” another person who doesn’t want our help.

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