Posts Tagged ‘meaning’
After the Miracle: What Odysseus Taught Me
I sat in a theater watching Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, and about halfway through, I stopped watching it as a movie. I started watching it as if it were my own life. Homer’s story begins right after the Trojan War ends. Odysseus should be able to go straight home to Ithaca. Instead, the journey stretches…
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From Miracle to Complaint: A Lesson in Gratitude
Ten minutes. That’s how long it took for a miracle to become a complaint. I was on one of the first commercial flights to offer transatlantic wifi. Think about that for a second. For the entire history of flight, once those doors closed, you were gone. No calls, no emails, no way for the world…
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Are You Being Restored, or Re-Storied? How Changing Your Narrative Builds Resilience
There is a difference between those two words that took me a long time to fully understand. Restored means you go back to what you were. The original condition. The baseline before the disruption arrived and changed everything. Re-storied means you build something new from what you went through. Not back to before. Forward into…
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They Were There When I Needed Them Most: What the Miracle on the Hudson Taught Me About Gratitude
I did not walk into Palisades Medical Center on January 15, 2009. I was brought in. Cold. Wet. Still processing what had just happened on a river that was not supposed to be a runway. I had been at the triage center in Weehawken, New Jersey, in the minutes after US Airways Flight 1549 went…
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Beyond the Parka: How Canada Goose Lost Its Altitude
In this corporate case study, I review Canada Goose’s retail strategy and the Resilience Framework Needed to Navigate Sudden Market Disruption. There are moments in business when the issue before a leader looks financial, but the real test is leadership. That is where Dani Reiss, Chairman and CEO of Canada Goose, appears to be right now. Canada…
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How to Become a Leader Before They Make You One
Here’s the truth about Leading Without Permission as I’ve lived it. Not studied it.Not theorized it.Lived it. And everything I believe about leadership was shaped long before I ever stepped onto a stage. I spent 38 years in sales. Sales teaches you something fast.No one hands you authority.You earn trust one conversation at a time.…
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Luck Isn’t Magic. It’s Movement
Last week, someone said, “You’re lucky.” Lucky you survived a plane crash. Lucky you turned it into a platform. Lucky you get to speak to leaders and teams around the world. I smile when I hear that word because the truth is far less glitter and far more grit. Luck wasn’t what showed up over…
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How to Get Going: Five Alignments That Will Unlock Momentum
People ask me all the time, “Dave, where do I start?”They’re ready for a breakthrough. They’ve survived the storm. They’ve prayed, planned, maybe even plateaued. But deep inside, they know: “It’s time to get going.” And here’s what I tell them: You don’t get going by pushing harder. You get going by aligning deeper. Whether…
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How to Get Free: A Mindset for a Limitless Life
There’s a question I’m asked often by people from all walks of life—leaders, students, parents, veterans, and CEOs: “Dave, how do I get free?” They’re not talking about escaping prison. They’re talking about a deeper kind of captivity: the weight of expectation, fear, shame, uncertainty, regret, and other people’s agendas.They want to know how to…
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Clarity Breeds Confidence: Get Clear. Get Free. Be Transformed.
If there’s one truth I’ve seen proven again and again—in the freezing waters of the Hudson River, in C-suite boardrooms, and quiet conversations with leaders at life’s crossroads—it’s this:Clarity breeds confidence. It’s simple. It’s powerful. And it’s a principle that I live, lead, and teach every day. When people think of confidence, they often picture…
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