Miss Cellaneous | Dave Anderson

At the Refresh Leadership Live conference (Twitter: #refreshleadership) I went to recently, Dr. Bertrice Berry read a poem with a line in it that said: “You ain’t free to do what you want to do. You are free to what you’re meant to do.”

These days I feel free because I believe I am doing what I am meant to do. I am building leaders. In fact I have been building leaders for a long time. I just needed to recognize that is what I am meant to do. Continue Reading…

If a blogger/consultant screams on the internet does anyone notice? I was wondering when I left my comfortable job in the corporate world if people would hear me when I screamed.

I read a lot about consulting in the months before starting my company and in the months since. There was a lot of great advice for me to get my ideas launched into cyberspace and begin to build a tribe.

Dad: “Did you do what your mom asked you to do?’

Son: (Without looking at his dad.) “Yep.”

Dad: (Eye brow raised) “Excuse me?”

Son: (Starting to walk away and dripping with annoyance) “Yes Dad. I did what mom asked me to do!”

Dad: (Firmly) “Hey bud! Look at me.”

The boy turns and looks at his dad.

Dad: “Your attitude is a choice. Make a different choice. Understand me.”

Son: “Yes sir.”

That was a scene that played out in my home with my dad sometime in the early 1980’s. Being the son of an Army Ranger who was a future general did not prevent me from having a bad attitude at times. It should have, but it didn’t. Continue Reading…

I really don’t care what I hear on the news. We do not have an issue with self-esteem in America.

My proof? The American Idol auditions! The fact that some of these people can gripe, scream and even cry on national television because Steven Tyler (Aerosmith: My favorite band!) told them they were not ready for the big time makes my case. Most people have too much self-esteem.