Important Truths
The world we all want is only possible if we have first taken complete responsibility for ourselves. What important truth do very few...
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Darren Gold
Mar 7, 2022
No More War
How can a world expect peace when each of us has yet to lay down the weapons inside our own minds and hearts? It has been over a week...
Darren Gold
Feb 28, 2022
A Guide for Leading in Anxious Times
Your primary job as a leader – in your family, community, or career – is to lower anxiety. Period. Your primary job as a leader – in your...
Darren Gold
Feb 14, 2022
Black Licorice Cultures
Great cultures are ones that are distinctive, meaning they should be right for certain employees and not for others. In a week dominated...
Darren Gold
Feb 7, 2022
Emotions are Data
Leaders who live and lead with love and performance are those who have cultivated the capacity to attain states of emotional self-mastery...
Darren Gold
Jan 31, 2022
Love and Performance: The Steve Jobs Counterfactual
Why aren’t there more Federers and Nadellas? Because it’s hard work leading with virtue and character. This past Saturday, three...
Darren Gold
Jan 24, 2022
Who Is Your Hero?
If you grew up in the 1970s and 1980s as I did, you likely did so on a steady diet of relatively limited television content. There was no...
Darren Gold
Jan 17, 2022
To Lead Is to Inspire
In a world that is overwhelmed and exhausted, Dr. King’s lesson is as relevant today as it was over fifty years ago. To inspire ourselves...
Darren Gold
Jan 10, 2022
The Case for Purposelessness
The new year represents an opportunity to discover an atelic activity – one with no aim other than the joy of the activity itself. I love...
Darren Gold
Jan 3, 2022
We Are All Makers
Over the holidays, my family and I had the chance to see the Tony-winning adaptation of A Christmas Carol in San Francisco's Golden Gate...
Darren Gold
Dec 20, 2021
Personal OKRs
The end of the year presents each of us with a fundamental choice. Will you let life happen to you? Or will you lean in to help shape...
Darren Gold
Dec 13, 2021
The Third Most Important Day of Your Life
It is said that the two most important days of your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why. The saying speaks to the...
Darren Gold
Dec 6, 2021
Fire Yourself
At key strategic inflection points, “firing yourself” is essential. It allows you to step outside the constraints of your existing...
Darren Gold
Nov 29, 2021
Not Yet
A simple word or turn of phrase can transform what’s possible. One of my favorite Thanksgiving traditions is my morning walk with my now...
Darren Gold
Nov 22, 2021
A Stoic Guide to Thanksgiving
Regular readers of this weekly blog are undoubtedly familiar with my interest in Stoicism. From time to time, I will explicitly write...
Darren Gold
Nov 15, 2021
I’m the Only Person Who Can Offend Me
I am in control of the meaning I give to the words someone utters, and my emotional response is the consequence of that meaning I choose,...
Darren Gold
Nov 8, 2021
Be Nice and Be Kind
If you're looking for what you can do to make a difference, there may be no better act than to be kind. A few weeks ago, Northern...
Darren Gold
Nov 1, 2021
Change is Local
All great leaders have realized that real change begins, and often is sustained, by taking responsibility for altering the conditions...
Darren Gold
Oct 25, 2021
A Life Worth Remembering
What does it mean to live the good life? Living your life consistent with what it is that you want to be remembered for may be the best...
Darren Gold
Oct 18, 2021
A Culture Test
Exceptional cultures are not right for everyone. And they remain exceptional to the degree that its leaders are willing to make difficult...
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