A Nobel Prize for Courage
Today, the world needs courage at a time when it seems to be in short supply. This year's Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to two...
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Darren Gold
Oct 4, 2021
A Failure of Vision
The leadership failures over the last three decades have largely been failures of vision. In every case, leaders missed the opportunity...
Darren Gold
Sep 27, 2021
Life Lessons from Ted Lasso
Understanding your past gives you access to the programming that runs you. With access, you can rewrite the code of your underlying...
Darren Gold
Sep 20, 2021
Moments of Knowing
There are moments in time during which one experiences a deep sense of certainty that cannot be logically defended but nonetheless is...
Darren Gold
Sep 13, 2021
On Doing and Being
We need both doing and being in our lives. We become fully alive when we are powerfully generative (i.e., doing) and deeply present...
Darren Gold
Sep 6, 2021
The Value of Constraints
We’re overwhelmed and exhausted. This is the almost universal complaint I hear from the business leaders I work with. There are, of...
Darren Gold
Aug 30, 2021
On Friendship
Deep friendships have the unmistakable quality of being immutable. At the same time, they demand to be treated as fragile, never to be...
Darren Gold
Aug 23, 2021
The Proximity of Extraordinary Performance
We don’t have to look far for examples of people who have achieved extraordinary things. It is the “ordinary” person, often right in...
Darren Gold
Aug 16, 2021
The Magic of Gratitude
Last week was a bit of a dream come true for me. I had a chance to see the first live appearance (since the start of the pandemic) of my...
Darren Gold
Aug 9, 2021
The Fallacy of Limits
If nothing else, these Olympics were yet another reminder that records are meant to be broken. That the limits these records seem to...
Darren Gold
Aug 2, 2021
Setback Stories
Life is shaped not so much by the incredible accomplishments you achieve. Nor is it determined by the disappointments and failures you...
Darren Gold
Jul 26, 2021
The Case for Congruent Leadership
Extraordinary leaders regularly ask one very powerful question, “What am I doing or not doing that is inconsistent with the very things...
Darren Gold
Jul 19, 2021
On Sickness
As I write this, I’m not feeling physically great. I’ve been under the weather for the better part of a week. I considered skipping this...
Darren Gold
Jul 12, 2021
On Mastery
I’ve come to believe that the ecstatic feeling of mastery is not reserved for the few talented people in the world that receive...
Darren Gold
Jul 5, 2021
The Case for Mature Patriotism
We have unconsciously slipped into the trap of choosing between a love for the exceptional qualities of our country and the...
Darren Gold
Jun 28, 2021
The Power of Pride
While there is still much more work to be done, I’m proud of how far this country has come in its views on sexual and gender orientation....
Darren Gold
Jun 20, 2021
Psychological Chains
As we continue to fight for our freedom, we must not forget that each of us is also individually imprisoned by a set of psychological...
Darren Gold
Jun 14, 2021
Time Is Precious
For the past couple of years, I have been consistently embracing a practice that many of the ancient traditions observed – to treat every...
Darren Gold
Jun 9, 2021
The Paradox of Leadership
At its core, leadership is about the ability to leverage paradox. There are five polarities that are critical to effective leadership....
Darren Gold
May 31, 2021
See Thy Neighbor
By judging, we deprive others of what is, next to love, perhaps the most universal of human needs – to be seen. It is only by seeing...
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