Stand Up and Lead

Brett Tilford — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:13:02 +0000

People want to be led. I don’t know exactly why. Perhaps it goes back to some weird tribal thing in our DNA. Get us humans in any social setting and we’re looking around for the person in charge. I think we get a sense of security from a leader. It’s comforting to know someone has stepped out and taken responsibility for the next few moments of our collective lives. They take the risk of leadership and we thank them by gladly following.

Sometimes the idea of taking leadership can be scary. We’re stepping out, making a commitment, and asking something of ourselves. All scary things. However, if you’re an aspiring leader who’s mouth goes dry and palms sweaty at the thought of leading, be comforted. The body language of the humans I’ve observed says they’re begging you to.

Photo Credit: Leo Reynolds

Ugly Beautiful People

Brett Tilford — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:04:44 +0000

I was chatting with a friend about how this past year I’d noticed the brilliance of the folks around me. They had these insights and moments that were such gold, I would just sit there awestruck.

People are like that sometimes right? Beautiful, insightful, thoughtful, creative, and wise. However, my friend just laughed and said, “The thing that’s stood out to me this past year are how stupid people are.” I don’t know why but I was honestly surprised. The more I’ve thought about it though the more I’ve come to the conclusion that we’re both right. As humans we seem to have this incredible capacity for both beauty and stupidity.

At the end of the day though I’d rather focus on the beautiful stuff in people.

Photo Credit: Bruce McKay’s photostream

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