Being a Leader is more than telling people what to do. Once you know of immoral activity, you must act.
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, it will not get better. It’s not.”— Dr. Seuss
I was working as a Director. My boss, one of the…
“I’m not crying because of you; you’re not worth it. I’m crying because my delusion of who you were was shattered by the truth of who you are.” — Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
A friend of mine’s sweet daughter got hogged. If I…
“A third party in your marriage will do three things to you:
Seduce your spouse, wreck your home and take your place.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, The Infinity Sign
Although you know exactly who your adult friends have become, the nature of old friendships is that you still love them…
“True friends stab you in the front” — Oscar Wilde
My family always has pets. We have them in pairs, at least two, sometimes more. Why two at a time? …
“The only men ruthless enough to fight against tyranny were themselves inclined to it.”
― Susan Wise Bauer, The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
In my long corporate career, I have perfectly executed policies with which I disagreed. This is a…
“Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.”
— John Maxwell
One of the things I quickly learned was that professors assigned more work than you could do during your regular waking hours. The entire time that I…
“Writing is the dragon that lives underneath my floorboards. The one I incessantly feed for fear it may turn and devour my ass. Writing is the friend who doesn’t return my phone calls; the itch I’m unable to scratch; a dinner invitation from a cannibal; elevator music for a narcoleptic…
“Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.” — Seneca
Growing up, my cousin JC babysat us during the week when my mom and my dad worked. JC was a functional alcoholic. He never drank during the day while he was watching us. …
“The beauty of anti-racism is that you don’t have to pretend to be free of racism to be anti-racist. Anti-racism is the commitment to fight racism wherever you find it, including in yourself. And it’s the only way forward.” — Ijoema Oluo
My grandmother was a domestic servant for all…
