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COLLEGE PARK, MD –   Privilege-sharing is back on the docket this morning. The most common reaction to those that attempt to share their privilege is rejection. Sharing privilege is work – for the giver and the recipient. As we all know, once work is required most of us will attempt to skirt it. If we wereContinue reading “Eventually, We Come Around”

COLLEGE PARK, MD – A belated Happy Eid of Sacrifice to all our dear readers. I hope it was a joyous time for everyone and a time of reflection on what the holiday signifies. I find there to be a poignant nexus between sacrifice and the topic of privilege-sharing we discussed last week. Sharing privilegeContinue reading “A Lot Better Than Car Sharing”

COLLEGE PARK, MD – Privilege denial happens for a number of reasons, but most, if not all, of those reasons can be placed under the umbrella of “it’s hard.” That’s really the bottom line, in my estimation. Acknowledging the privilege in one’s life compels a person to share what’s been so freely granted to them,Continue reading “Sharing is Hard”

COLLEGE PARK, MD – It is a fact of life – some of us are more privileged in particular regards than others. It seems we get tripped up on how to grapple with this fact regardless of what side of privilege we fall on. People who have certain privileges often fall into arrogance and delusionsContinue reading “Don't Deny Privilege”

COLLEGE PARK, MD – We’ve been discussing various topics related to execution and succession lately. Realizing these two aspects of an effective, improved life entails a great maxim we tend to ignore: we don’t do big things; big things happen. The follow-up maxim to complete the former is that small things don’t happen; we have to do them. Yin and yang   Most ofContinue reading “We Don't Do Big Things”

COLLEGE PARK, MD – We sat with it last week: there is no success without execution. If we take a step back from that one, we can see that there is also no execution without vulnerability. Most people do not like being vulnerable, but it is in accepting difficult medicine that we heal from the various formsContinue reading “No Execution Without Vulnerability”

COLLEGE PARK, MD – At the end of the day, succession is about execution – having a vision for improvement, planning for it, and responsibly pushing to see it come to fruition. I want to focus on that execution this morning, specifically the point of execution. Execution in a larger context could aptly be describedContinue reading “The Point of Execution”

COLLEGE PARK, MD – We’ve been on the topic of filial piety for a few weeks now. Given the importance of getting this aspect of life correct, that seems fitting. Last week, we left off on the note that we must edify our family structures and give our children an emotional home to fit into. WithoutContinue reading “Building Capacity for Piety”

COLLEGE PARK, MD – Achieving filial piety is a lofty goal. It always has been and always will be. It has never been easy. That achievement is a product of not just children’s piety, but of their parents’ proficiency at building capacity – capacity for their heirs to flourish. It is a two-way street. No structure, noContinue reading “A Place to Call Home”