Hahaha...Griff, I think more than expecting me to perform up to her standards, the board chair was just realizing that they still get some of her along with me;)
I really appreciate you sharing that Brooks quotes. And since I mentioned joining that non-profit board, it sort of happened when I realized I was spending too much time looking…
Hahaha...Griff, I think more than expecting me to perform up to her standards, the board chair was just realizing that they still get some of her along with me;)
I really appreciate you sharing that Brooks quotes. And since I mentioned joining that non-profit board, it sort of happened when I realized I was spending too much time looking within, and just needed to find something where I could use some skills and learn some things and just dive in and get going. (And again, this was after my wife said she couldn't do it!)
Thanks so much for sharing this comment...really adds to the content of the post. Best wishes for the New Year!
It seems you're following the footsteps of David Brooks in his follow-up book, The Second Mountain.
"When I wrote The Road to Character, I was still enclosed in the prison of individualism... I no longer believe that character formation is mostly an individual task, or is achieved on a person-by-person basis... I now think good character is a by-product of giving yourself away. You love things that are worthy of love. You surrender to a community or cause, make promises to other people, build a thick jungle of loving attachments, lose yourself in the daily act of serving others as they lose themselves in the daily acts of serving you."
Hahaha...Griff, I think more than expecting me to perform up to her standards, the board chair was just realizing that they still get some of her along with me;)
I really appreciate you sharing that Brooks quotes. And since I mentioned joining that non-profit board, it sort of happened when I realized I was spending too much time looking within, and just needed to find something where I could use some skills and learn some things and just dive in and get going. (And again, this was after my wife said she couldn't do it!)
Thanks so much for sharing this comment...really adds to the content of the post. Best wishes for the New Year!
You're welcome, David.
It seems you're following the footsteps of David Brooks in his follow-up book, The Second Mountain.
"When I wrote The Road to Character, I was still enclosed in the prison of individualism... I no longer believe that character formation is mostly an individual task, or is achieved on a person-by-person basis... I now think good character is a by-product of giving yourself away. You love things that are worthy of love. You surrender to a community or cause, make promises to other people, build a thick jungle of loving attachments, lose yourself in the daily act of serving others as they lose themselves in the daily acts of serving you."