OBX and I-40

The perfect way to end a chapter of life on the East Coast is a weekend in the Outerbanks (in a rain storm with friends and a Chinese murder mystery)!  :)  I'll need to come back some time.

Yeah, this is not so much how it looked while we were there, but still wonderful!  :)

I can't believe I didn't take a single picture of the journey along I-40 from OBX to Lehi, UT or stop at a single temple (we passed right by 5 before we even got to Utah)!  We had to have set some kind of record though....over 2600 miles in under 56 hours.....in the middle of February.

Priorities, Purpose, Passion....Potential

On January 23, Doug Conant, the retired CEO of Campbells' Soup came to speak to us at work.  I learned a lot from the discussion and ideas he shared.  Leadership happens in the small moments!  We need to walk through the world thoughtfully and purposefully being tough on standards, but tender on people.  Manage your moments!  :)  Our leadership should be authentic, on-demand and enduring.  Write thank you notes!  Wander around.  Network and find a mentor--Steven Covey was one of his great mentors (see Covey's priority quadrant below).  Good leaders are competent, persistent, build trust, have courage for doing what's right, work hard and purposefully, and are humble and always learning.

I really appreciated these insights and I think they inspired me to focus more on my priorities, purpose, principles, potential and passion....especially as it related to work.  Within the week an opportunity to live with purpose came along and I was kind of surprised by how I moved forward, but glad I did.  :)