We strive to build organizations that will last longer than we do. We try to understand our values, find a vision that expresses them, and put it into practice. We do our best to enlist other people and find healthy ways to work together. We celebrate when we maintain our efforts for five, or ten, or […]
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Obedience is not generally one of my greatest strengths. I do not expect other people to obey what I say until we understand each other. I do not appreciate being told what to do without a supporting relationship of trust and communication. It is not a challenge for me to work within a structure, when
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We like to think we can plan our way through difficulties. We believe we can assess challenges and, if we are realistic, set goals to overcome them. We are confident we can grow in ways we want to grow if only we clarify our intentions. Our plans and goals are often primarily focused on what
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We see ourselves as the masters of our own schedules. We can adjust our time commitments on all our devices with the touch of a fingertip. Whether working or taking a trip, we try to make our time as productive as we can. We try to squeeze more things into our schedules in an effort to squeeze more out of
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Lots of people have taught me a wide variety of lessons. I am not sure I have ever learned anything I did not learn from another person. Parents and siblings, teachers and preachers, coworkers and friends, people have taught me. I have learned from some people by listening to them, or by reading what they
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Nice to meet you, Greg. Did I hear you say you are a strategic monk? Yes, I am the strategic monk. I do not think there are many others. How long have you been a strategic monk? My strategic senses developed pretty early, while the monastic in me has been getting stronger lately. Well, what does a strategic
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Jo Piazza is not a nun. She states clearly in If Nuns Ruled the World that she does not see herself as a religious person. She asks good questions and writes insightfully about the ten women she meets on the journey of her book. If Nuns Ruled the World explores the lives of ten nuns and the differences they
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I was not born contemplative, nor was I born in a large city. I knew from an early age that it was more valuable to know things than to learn things. Learning was just a step on the path toward knowing; knowing was the result of learning. It was far better to know the right
Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks by August Turak will transform your appreciation of transformation. I became the Strategic Monk as I seek balance that includes both being effective and being true to my deepest self. My own story includes practicing law, teaching, and getting things done as I do the inner work to explore and
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People ask quite a few questions about the name Strategic Monk. Where did you get that name? What kind of a name is that? What does that mean? What was that name again? Most of the questions are about the monk part. People want to know whether I am a real monk, and what my
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