Inaction – The Ultimate Existential Threat
Monday Morning Musings Volume XXIV, Number 29 (Issue 1190 ) July 20, 2026 Inaction – The Ultimate Existential Threat How often have you heard someone make reference to an existential threat? Perhaps I have become acutely aware of the term’s popularity due to its growing use by the talking heads I routinely listen to. Or, it […]
Character Still Matters
Monday Morning Musings Volume XXIV, Number 28 (Issue 1189 ) July 13, 2026 Character Still Matters What do you stand for? In this case, the word “stand” is key since it represents action. Thus, rather than asking about your value system or what you believe in, what I really want to know is what are the […]
Time Flies…
Monday Morning Musings Volume XXIV, Number 27 (Issue 1188 ) July 6, 2026 Time Flies… .. and life goes by fast. Super-fast! So, take care not to miss the good parts by dwelling on the things that do not go your way. Instead, learn from your missteps and the things that go wrong. Then turn the […]
Aware
Monday Morning Musings Volume XXIV, Number 26 (Issue 1187 ) June 29, 2026 Aware How aware of your surroundings are you? Have you noticed the cobweb in the upper righthand corner of your staircase? What about the books piled high on the nightstand? Or the slow drip of the kitchen faucet? If and when they do […]
Exceptional – Part II
Monday Morning Musings Volume XXIV, Number 25 (Issue 1186 ) June 22, 2026 Exceptional – Part II One of my favorite pieces of verse is found in Jacula Prudentum [Arrows of the Wise] written in 1640 by George Herbert. That text reads as follows: For the want of a nail the shoe was lost. For the […]
Exceptional – Part I
Monday Morning Musings Volume XXIV, Number 24 (Issue 1185 ) June 15, 2026 Exceptional – Part I I recently spoke to a group of young leaders who are taking part in the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at SMU. As I often do when addressing a group of individuals from a service industry, I asked for […]
Generalists vs. Specialists
Monday Morning Musings Volume XXIV, Number 23 (Issue 1174) June 8, 2026 Generalists vs. Specialists Years ago, we had two dogs that had the unfortunate habit of ingesting things they should not – things like socks, gravel, wash cloths, etc. There was nothing inherently fatal in their contraband of choice other than they could not digest […]
The Body of Knowledge
Monday Morning Musings Volume XXIV, Number 22 (Issue 1173 ) June 1, 2026 The Body of Knowledge It is estimated that the sum of all human knowledge is doubling every year and that the rate of growth in that store is exponential. The result is there is simply too much information for any lone individual to […]
A Teaching Moment
Monday Morning Musings Volume XXIV, Number 21 (Issue 1172) May 25, 2026 A Teaching Moment No one can argue that being an effective leader is tough. Among the numerous challenges confronting those in leadership roles today is the need to connect with and motivate a multi-generational, multi-ethnic, multi-faceted workforce. Add to that the need for extensive, […]
Staying Relevant
Monday Morning Musings Volume XXIV, Number 20 (Issue 1171) May 18, 2026 Staying Relevant Read the tea leaves. Follow the money. Connect the dots. Evaluate the trend. The preceding are but a few of the axioms that advise us to pay attention to what is happening and act before we become irrelevant. Yet how many individuals […]