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Ancient lineages didn't trust impulse to lead anywhere useful. Taoism built leverage into the body and Tantra built awareness around desire. And the benefit to practitioners is a richer, fuller, more energetic life.

Resisting what is, is an internal battle. And the concepts that begin in our head, spill-over into our experience as frustration, misery and resignation.

In childhood, adulthood looks like fearless independence. The reality – as we know – it's anything but. Most people are seeking some level of validation.

We've arrived at a time where we have more stuff and less meaning than ever. More possessions, more opinions, more entertainment, more distraction and more confusion. This is an indulgence of insignificance, unsustainable and it isn't our nature.

Finding answers to the question, "How are you new?" means discovering paths of newness. Leading to those are the steps of observing, reading, listening, dialoguing and pondering.

The definition of our lives isn’t some distant twinkle in the stars, waiting to fall and create the quote for our tombstone. That idea is Hollywood drivel. It might be simpler, more elegant and way more exciting than that.

Da Vinci was unwavering when it came to capturing his thoughts. Because of that, he left a trail of relatable leadership bread crumbs for the rest of us to learn from.

One of the leader's most important challenges – in a family, in a business, in a classroom – becomes vigilance against choosing the 'easier way'.