HeyJaredThe Self-Leadership Lab
Self-Leadership discussions for people who are tired of lying to themselves
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A Different Way to Measure a Day (opens the original)
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Dear friends,Last week, I listened to a speaker tell a story about a card he had been given by his commanding officer in the Marines.One side was exactly what you might expect. It contained reminders about purpose, mission, and duty to country.But it was the other side that caught my attention.It contained three questions:Who did you teach today?What did you learn today?How many people did you make smile today?That’s it. Three questions.I’ve found myself thinking about them ever since.Maybe b
Why Can't You Just Do Something for Fun? (opens the original)
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Dear friends,I’ve been thinking a lot about control this week.More specifically, I’ve been thinking about how much energy I spend trying to control things that I ultimately cannot control.This isn’t exactly a new revelation for me. I read and write quite a bit about Stoicism, and one of its foundational ideas is understanding the difference between what is within our control and what isn’t.As we all know, knowing something and living it are still two very different things.Because over the past f
Courage Doesn't Always Feel Courageous (opens the original)
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Dear friends,This week I have been thinking a lot about courage.Probably because I needed it more this week than I have in a long while.I found it interesting that while I was struggling with courage, I seemed to encounter it everywhere. I heard it in songs. I saw people writing about it. I read articles about it. It came up in conversations.I’m sure courage wasn’t suddenly appearing around me more than normal. I was probably just paying attention to it in a way I hadn’t before.What I found inte
Don't Lose the Thing You're Working For (opens the original)
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Dear friends,This week, a good friend sent me a text that I needed to receive.It simply said:“I miss talking to you, buddy. We need to do more of that.”It wasn’t criticism. There was no guilt behind it. Just a friend telling me that it had been too long.He was right.This week has been filled with deadlines. Some were imposed on me. Plenty were self-impo…
Wisdom Doesn't Require Agreement (opens the original)
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Dear friends,Last week at the Bush Center, I found myself disagreeing with something someone said.We were conducting an exercise on immigration policy, and as one idea was being discussed, I remember thinking, I don’t agree with that.The conversation continued, and a little while later the same person made another point.This time I thought, I agree with that.It seems like such an ordinary moment, but I’ve thought about it several times since.I
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