When I was a junior in high school, our student body president was a preppy, cocky senior who was annoyingly sure of himself. I was not a fan of his style in general. At our fall academic honors banquet, this student was the keynote speaker, and most of his talk is a...
Have you ever gone to a meeting that had no agenda? Unless you’ve never been to any meeting, then the answer is almost surely, “Yes.” How productive was that meeting? How inspiring was it? “Not very” is likely being generous in answering these questions, right? The...
There is little worse in this world than setting a goal that is really meaningful to you … and then blowing off the work required to achieve that goal. You’ve looked yourself in the mirror and said, “This is part of who I am. I must achieve this to fulfill my life’s...
