Finding Your Principles and Purpose
When we know what they are, it shapes our behavior
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“What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for others?”
— George Eliot, 1871
So much of leadership is simply about thinking of other people. Life is about thinking of other people.
In the previous entry1, I wrote:
By spreading joy and happiness to others, we increase our own joy.
Of course, the joy we get from serving the needs of other people isn’t the motivating factor — it’s the wonderful side effect.
This is one of the reasons I’ve taken on more coaching clients: not only am…
