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Finding Your Writing Process
If you are a leader, you are in the communication business. That means, you need a process for putting thoughts into writing. Here's mine.
Gary Mayes
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How Can My Triggers Help Me?
We get triggered when our buttons are pushed and we become somebody we’re not or, at least, someone we don’t want to be. What if these trig

Gary Mayes
Mar 2, 2021


Holding the Tension of Joy and Lament
I used to think that seasons of difficulty and sorrow were temporary challenges interrupting the normal equilibrium of life. They were...

Gary Mayes
Feb 16, 2021


Starting Your New Year with Sustainable Perspective
While everyone is looking backward at the dumpster-fire-of-a-year we just finished, I want to offer a prescription for looking forward...

Gary Mayes
Jan 1, 2021


It’s Time for a Gratitude Challenge
It might seem a bit cliche to talk about gratitude during the holiday season. You might even be weary of what is often just flippant...

Gary Mayes
Dec 22, 2020


One of Our Biggest Questions :: Am I FOR or AGAINST?
Being a leader is all about choices. Big ones. Small ones. Forgettable ones. etc. One of those decisions--in a category all its own--is...

Gary Mayes
Dec 17, 2020


How do you lead the way forward when the rules change?
When the rules change, everything and everyone goes back to the drawing board. The challenge is, embrace change as opportunity not a threat.

Gary Mayes
Dec 8, 2020


My 2020 Book of the Year
If a book is good, I don’t just read it. I have a conversation with it. I write comments, questions, and actionable ideas in the margins....

Gary Mayes
Dec 2, 2020


How Do We Get Beyond Superficial Gratitude
It’s Thanksgiving Day here in the U.S. and I love how this tradition calls out our better selves. We remind each other to stop, look...

Gary Mayes
Nov 26, 2020


One Simple Cure for Irritability
Let’s be honest. It’s Thanksgiving this week and lots of us are a little irritable. As we turn the corner toward the end of a “year...

Gary Mayes
Nov 23, 2020


PASSING THE BATON #2 // Fighting the Urge for Control
I like to tell myself that I am not a control freak. Right. It’s kind of like trying to tell myself that I am not an old, fat, balding,...

Gary Mayes
Nov 17, 2020
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