Because I forget too easily and chase the dumbest things
- Having breakfast with my daughter each morning before school
- Long talks with my wife about the issues of the day
- Developing deep, meaningful relationships with people I care about
- Having my work regarded as valuable by the people it impacts directly
- Mattering to my employees
- Music
- People who care
- Interesting conversations with interesting people
- Faith, hope, and love
- Solitude and space to think
- Solving interesting problems
- Laughing with my favorite people
- Having the trust of the people I work with and for
- Trusting the people I work with and for
- Love notes from my daughter
- “Shipping”
- Having my extended family close by
- Incessant learning
- Leading from “here” (wherever “here” happens to be)
- Watching my peers choose to lead
- My wife laughing at my jokes
- Trying things that might not work
- Being a fallible and messy human even when it’s incredibly frustrating and disappointing