Welcome to My Blog

Welcome to my blog!

I will graduate with my MA in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University in two weeks. During my two years in the program, I transformed as a person and a leader. While I learned numerous lessons during my studies, the greatest lesson I learned is that by transcending myself and being less self-embedded, I made a greater impact on my organization and family. Personally, my anxiety and stress melted away. As a bonus, my organization and the people I served grew and developed like I had not experienced in my previous 30-year career.

The writings of Viktor Frankl', author of Man's Search for Meaning, Holocaust survivor, and founder of the logotherapy psychotherapy method, have significantly influenced my leadership philosophy and how I show up every day for others. I frequently reflect on the following quotes from Frankl.

"Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life, he can only respond by being responsible."

"For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself."

"The truth—that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire. Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love."

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose one’s own attitude in any given circumstances, to choose one’s own way."

Putting all those quotes and ideas together, I concluded that life asks me to transcend myself, love, and serve others. I learned that every moment presents the opportunity to do so. When I started to be more mindful, present, and do the most loving thing possible, life changed for me, my organization, and those around me.

The root word for momentum is moment. More loving moments led to momentum creating great change. I want to pass that on to others.

With all of this, I decided to write a book of daily reflections for leaders to reflect on how they can transcend themselves. I will post the daily reflections here on this blog, and once I have 365 of them, I will make it a book. You are welcome to join me on the journey!