I love the tiktok videos that give people’s thoughts an opinions with very little context. So here is my version. In honor of my recent birthday, here are 35 nuggets of wisdom for each year I’ve been on this earth with no context as to how I learned them or who I learned the from….
Author: millennialmentor
Marvel Leadership Series Part 6: What is the “Great Responsibility?”
When Kevin Feige spoke at our (yes, our) alma mater as USC’s Commencement Speaker he opened with the very appropriate and obvious catch phrase “with great power comes great responsibility” and proceeded wax eloquently about the importance of super hero catch phrases. Spider Man’s little kernel of truth feels like a very “duh” statement. But…
Marvel Leadership Series Part 5: A Good Man and A Good King
The Black Panther franchise is arguably one of the most influential, not just in the genre of “super hero movies,” but in films as a whole. A masters thesis could probably written not only about about the very difficult themes explored in the content, but the subsequent affect these films have had on modern society….
Come Alive: A Call to the Next Generation
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” That quote by Howard Thurman is one I find myself quoting to myself and my peers quite often. When we think of what we can do for a…
The Ted Lasso Way: AKA My attempt to write a better article about a brilliant tv show that has been written about 1,000 ways already about the heart of effective leadership.
If you google “The Ted Lasso Way” or “The Ted Lasso Effect” you get a multitude of articles from Forbes to smaller leadership development websites breaking down what we can all learn from Ted Lesso. But you also get this quote from Season 3, Episode 8 (“The Strings That Bind Us”): “Ted, it’s going to…
Marvel Leadership Series Pt 4: Steve, Sam and Leaving a Legacy
Recently a friend of mine and I were having a hearty debate about the post credit scenes in “Avengers: Endgame” where we discover that when Steve went back in time to return the stones he stayed to live his life all over again with Peggy. It’s a controversial topic in some circles (that’s another post…
The Eras Tour: Professional Edition
I recently experienced the most unplugged 3 weeks I have had in my professional career (no, the pandemic doesn’t count because that was trading one set of stress for another). However, what I am really learning (the present tense is specific choice there) about rest is that it is not a singular vacation or day…
When Feedback is a Gift (That Should be Returned)
I kept trying to find a nice way to put this, but I couldn’t so I am just going to say it: Feedback is not supposed to leave you feeling confused, isolated or terrible about yourself. Read that again. If you leave some sort of check in or any sort of meeting where feedback is…
Burning Bridges: A Nuanced Conversation about Relationships
“I’m not going to burn that bridge, but I won’t put weight on anymore either.” I forgot what prompted me to say that in conversation, but I think it is important to talk about what happens after something goes wrong in any sort of relationship, but especially in a working environment. Over time in this…
How to Learn a New Thing…As an Adult
I get the question “how did you start your fitness journey?” on a regular basis. What people are really asking is “how did you learn a new habit as an adult?” So here is my step-by-step method of “How to Learn a New Thing as an Adult.” Learning as an adult is different than as…