Thanks, yeah, those are really great insights. The pithy sayings really aren't that helpful, that's true. My boss tells me a (hypothetical) story of the big, mean manager coming into the conference room and slamming his fist down on the table and saying, "Alright people, we've all got to get creative!"

What does that even mean, right?

I'm glad it struck home for you. There are a lot of what seem like intangibles within good leaders. But the truth is, if you're so successful at it, you're probably applying many tried and true principles without even knowing it. Maybe you're just a natural! And it seems like you like what you do. Congrats and thanks for reading!

Nice 'n bouncy. Well done.

Thanks for reading and thanks for the comment. A lot of what you said reminds me of another blog I wrote about the Millennial generation: http://thebigpicturethee.blogspot.com/2013/06/not-lost-but-s...

I think you make some good points. There's a lot of frustration going around over generation disparity and current economic/technological conditions. I think the rising generation will have to find a way to approach social life differently than they were told--but we can do it!

My wife took those photos. She used to be a professional photographer. The one with the little church house is Switzerland, the mountains and lakes are in Idaho, the cityscape is Marseille and there's one of my back on a beach in San Francisco.

Perhaps... thanks for reading :-)