If you’ve been following my advice on how to build your personal road map to being an effective everyday activist, you’ve triaged your issues and picked those on which you commit to being a leader. And you’ve done the research to find others who are prioritizing and focusing on your core issues too, so can join them and, not reinvent the wheel nor try to swoop in as a savior … [Read more...] about The fourth step to lifelong life-work-activism integration? TRACK.
The Activist Leader
The Third Step to Lifelong Life-Work-Activism Integration? CONTRIBUTE.
If you’ve been following my advice on how to build your personal road map to being an effective everyday activist, you’ve triaged your issues and picked those on which you commit to being a leader. And you’ve done the research to find others who are prioritizing and focusing on your core issues too, so you’re not reinventing the wheel nor trying to swoop in as a savior when … [Read more...] about The Third Step to Lifelong Life-Work-Activism Integration? CONTRIBUTE.
Are you an Expensify- or a Coinbase-style Leader?
Two tech CEOs (both white men, FWIW) very publicly took stands on political speech connected to their companies, stands which were about as opposite as they could be. And it speaks to the decisions we all must make about whether to be an Activist Leader and what kind of Activist Leader to be. First came Brian Armstrong, CEO of cryptocurrency company Coinbase (where, full … [Read more...] about Are you an Expensify- or a Coinbase-style Leader?
The Second Step to Lifelong Life-Work-Activism Integration? JOIN.
If you’ve been following my advice on how to build your personal road map to being an effective everyday activist, you’ve triaged your issues and picked just a couple, maybe three, on which you commit to being a leader. That’s a big task #inthesetimes, so pat yourself on the back for taking the time to dig deep, listen to yourself, and make your commitment. What … [Read more...] about The Second Step to Lifelong Life-Work-Activism Integration? JOIN.
The first step to lifelong life-work-activism integration? Triage.
If you’re like me, you wake up every morning, and you might feel upset, outraged, angry, sad, or activated about 25 different issues. I definitely do. But here’s the thing: You can’t be an effective leader on 25 issues. You can’t keep up focus, intention, and action on 25 different issues. Certainly not in a sustainable long-term way. So, ignore any guilt or pressure, … [Read more...] about The first step to lifelong life-work-activism integration? Triage.
Welcome to the Activist Leader
Decades ago “the personal is political” became a rallying cry for the second-wave feminist movement…the phrase itself being rallied around by everyone, while authorship of it was claimed by no one. Today, we cannot deny that the professional has become personal and therefore political too. Some might think the words “activist” and “leader” are oxymoronic outside the world … [Read more...] about Welcome to the Activist Leader