As a school kid, I remember learning about NASA putting a man on the moon in July of 1969.
To say it captivated me is an understatement.
In fact, I’ll never forget sitting in my classroom watching the film footage of that magnificent Apollo 11 rocket taking off from Cape Kennedy in south central Florida. The sheer power of the thrusters (with all that fire and smoke!!) was enough to put a serious jolt of energy into any little boy’s heart.
When I was kid, I mowed lawns.
And I loved it.
It all started on a cool spring day in an immaculate single-car garage in northern Minnesota.
To this day, I can still vividly remember being “knighted” by my father as the master groundskeeper of Chez Hunnicutt.
If you want to be an exceptional leader, you’ll have to come to grips with an indisputable reality. Your energy flows where your attention goes. Said differently, whatever you choose to focus on is where your precious energy will be spent.
It’s been said that meetings are a place where minutes are kept and hours are lost. And for good reason. Not only are most meetings not necessary, but they seem to drag on to the point where, at first, you’re kind of afraid you might die, then you come to the stark realization that you may not. But here’s the interesting thing. Even though everyone seems to share this sentiment, we are spending more time in meetings now than ever before.
A wise leader is teaching his young apprentices the key to bringing out the very best in others. “A fight is going on inside all of us,” the wise leader said to his young protégés. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves.”
Superman had super strength, super speed, and super vision (and he could freaking FLY). Batman possessed physical perfection and intellect. Wonder Woman carried the golden lasso. The Green Lantern sported his magic ring. And just like the superheroes of our youth, as leaders, we all have superpowers too.
Ever wonder what would happen if you swore off ultra-processed foods for a month?
Clinical psychologist Catherine Steiner-Adair said it best, “…Texting is the worst possible training ground for anyone aspiring to a mature, loving, sensitive relationship.”
As a Leader of LIGHT, your job is to sell the dream. And not just a dream, the dream.
As Leaders of LIGHT, we get paid to make sure that all the trains run on time. Some days, it’s easy. Some days, it’s not. And some days, despite our best efforts, we just need a little help. And that’s where caffeine comes in.