Notes fromthe work.

There Are No Beginnings in the Story of Life

The scene you are in matters. So do the ones happening just beyond your view. Take the best wishes you have been given, offer yours freely, and keep going. Your story is still being written.

Stop Counting Doors. Start Measuring Conversations.

Walking is an Act of Confidence

Hey, Think about walking. Not metaphorically. Not yet. I mean actually walking.

Leadership is many things

I had begun with what I thought was a simple proposition: a leader needs followers. Christi objected.

Call. Call. Call. The Unromantic Truth About Raising Money for a Grassroots Campaign

The unglamorous reality of funding a grassroots campaign: telephones, lists, uncomfortable asks, and why the candidate is the one who has to make them.

Looking for common ground

For common ground is rarely found. It is made—and then made again.

The 2 parts of Leadership

I was taught early that leadership requires followers. I still believe that—and something equally important: Leadership requires something worth following.

Type Writer Thought Almost June

2022: I Like to Think that this Chart Means Something Big.

Typewriter Thought The Very Next Day, Four Thirteen

Type Writer Thought Direct Question Asked

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