Leadership Blog, Leadership Lessons
If we would survey the leaders in our various Masonic organizations and ask the question posed in the picture “Do you want to be a better leader?” I am going to assume that 100% of the men you ask would say “Sure, You Bet!” Although I guess there could be one or two...
Leadership Blog, Leadership Lessons
A recent article on the website Farnam Street, made the distinction between those who seem to be hugely successful and suggest that all the rest, who are amateurs, struggle. The blog post lists a number of differences and, as normal, I began to think if...
Leadership Blog, Leadership Lessons
“Are you claustrophobic,” I was asked as I checked in for my MRI last week. I said I didn’t think so, but who knows what your mind will do to you when you’re stuffed in a tube for an hour. I had an MRI before on my knee. It lasted only 20 minutes, and my head and...
Leadership Blog, Leadership Lessons
It would seem to me, given that volumes are written about the decline of the fraternity, that taking a break from the duty of a Masonic Lodge to make Masons, is counterproductive and contributing to our decline. Think about it. Let’s say you have a man who has...
Leadership Blog, Leadership Lessons
When the average Mason hears the term “lodge education,” he immediately thinks about the short presentation his lodge education officer makes at a stated meeting. This is lodge education, but only a very small piece of what should be included in overall...
Leadership Blog, Leadership Lessons
Character – “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” – Coach John Wooden Self-Discipline – “In reading the lives of great men, I...
