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How to Stop Letting Fear Control You
To feel fear is human. To pretend you have no fear is toxic.
Michael Warden
Nov 7, 20246 min read


The Courage to Be True to Yourself
How much does your daily external life reflect the genuine essence of who you really are? I love this question. But man, does it sting. ...
Michael Warden
Oct 12, 20244 min read


The Fierce Negotiation of Who You Are
There’s who the world wants you to be.
And there’s who you actually are. Which voice you follow decides your destiny.
Michael Warden
Sep 8, 20244 min read


Identity Games
“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinion. Their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” — Oscar Wilde
Michael Warden
Aug 10, 20244 min read


Why You Need "No-Agenda, Non-Doing" Time
When I am overwhelmed, "on a scale of 1 to 10, I’m feeling my emotions at about a 10, I'm paying attention to them at about a 5, and I...
Michael Warden
Feb 15, 20223 min read


The Surprising Power of “Slow and Present” Leadership
“Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your...
Michael Warden
Feb 12, 20222 min read


WHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW
WHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW Do not despise the sinking dread Do not turn away from that hollow ache To not know is to be human. Do not hate the...
Michael Warden
Feb 4, 20221 min read


“Head Only” Decision-Making VS. Discernment
"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." — Albert Einstein Typically, when I talk with leaders...
Michael Warden
Jan 29, 20222 min read


Why “Head Only” Leadership Just Won’t Cut It Anymore
"As leaders, we've been taught to operate within a very narrow band of awareness. On any given day, most of who we are is largely absent...
Michael Warden
Jan 18, 20224 min read


5 Simple Ways to Promote Burnout and Lose Talent
"Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others." — John Maxwell The Great Resignation...
Michael Warden
Jan 9, 20223 min read


FIND ME
FIND ME My eyes rise to reveal these wet cheeks glowing under the pale cast of the winter moon Skyward, I lift up my cry, a frail lament,...
Michael Warden
Jan 2, 20221 min read


How to Be More Grateful Moment to Moment
“Stillness…makes space for gratitude and wonder.” — Ryan Holiday, Stillness is the Key Gratitude is good for you. By now I bet you’ve...
Michael Warden
Nov 18, 20213 min read


Whether You Comply Or Resist, Don't Give in to Contempt and Hate
“Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.” - 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 I love...
Michael Warden
Sep 12, 20212 min read


CONSIDER THE SKY
CONSIDER THE SKY Where do you travel hidden in shadow, your black waves in ecstasy, churning under the broad, undulant wings of Seraphim...
Michael Warden
Jul 3, 20211 min read


Waking Up
“A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupery...
Michael Warden
Jun 12, 20212 min read


Owning Your Leadership Impact
“Of all deceivers fear most yourself!” – Søren Kierkegaard As fictional leaders go, nobody beats Michael Scott for awkward. In the...
Michael Warden
May 15, 20214 min read


3 Ways to Create More Joy in Your Life
“We were made to enjoy music, to enjoy beautiful sunsets, to enjoy looking at the billows of the sea and to be thrilled with a rose that...
Michael Warden
Apr 12, 20213 min read


THE END TIMES
THE END TIMES Stretch out your hands Here, at the bleeding edge Here, at the trembling cusp of everything Bless the bright canyon into...
Michael Warden
Feb 27, 20211 min read


"Grace-Filled" Leadership Isn't What You Think It Is
"Grace, she takes the blame, she covers the shame, removes the stain." — U2 I do a lot of work in churches and faith-based NPOs. In both...
Michael Warden
Feb 14, 20212 min read


4 Keys to Becoming Your True Self in Christ
“Each has within him a secret of the Divinity; each is growing towards the revelation of that secret to himself, and so to the full...
Michael Warden
Jan 24, 20215 min read
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