Of course, a new year prompts reflection from 2025 and intentions for 2026 (not a fan of the word “resolutions”). The reflection that’s my big take-away from 2025 is to proudly confess that “I don’t have all the answers.”
I’ve never met an Anne Lamott book I didn’t love. Most I’ve read multiple times. Anne’s writing is saucy, insightful, sometimes a little edgy, and downright helpful. She is both a teller of great stories and an imparter of excellent writing and life advice (make sure you’ve read Anne’s primer on life and writing, “Bird…
Read MoreI like to mix fiction with “good for you” nonfiction on my summer reading list. My first nonfiction pick is Say It Well by Terry Szuplat, a former speechwriter for President Obama. I first heard about the book during a podcast interview hosted by my old friend Mike Fernandez on “The Crux.” This book is…
Read MoreWhen people hear the phrase “leadership presence,” the image of a charismatic CEO delivering a keynote speech or a politician commanding a debate stage may come to mind. Many assume leadership presence is something you’re born with. It’s not. Recently, I had the opportunity to work with a group of local government leaders around the…
Read MoreIf it’s summer, that means I’m back to my annual effort to get off the screens and back to the page by reading more. In recent years, I’ve found my love of reading eclipsed by other things that pick away at my time and attention. Podcasts have been a real culprit digging into my audiobook…
Read MoreFor anyone who has worked in campaigns, the days before an the election are like no other experience. It’s a blinding minute-by-minute chaos of decisions on the fly, anticipating every possibility that could stand in the way of making it to election day. (photo is from the “final week-of” bus tour during Nick Theodore’s 1994…
Read More‘Tis the season for graduations, new jobs and life transitions. It’s also the season for my annual updated “20 lessons” list. (It’s also when I like to dust off this old photo above of me sitting at my first desk at my first job on Capitol Hill). A number of years ago, I started a…
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