He hangs up the phone and realises he has just alienated his own team in under half an hour, with accusations and threats, because he was frightened of losing what he had built. Rex Harris opens a post on leadership with his own worst moment, and that willingness to be the villain in his own story separates this blog from the motivational shelf it sits near.
The spiritual material is serious rather than decorative. Florence Scovel Shinn, the creative power of spoken words, a list of proclamations meant to be said aloud and not merely admired. He describes a phone call with a mentor that left him unable to feel gratitude on command, and he does not pretend he solved it that day.
The practical posts sit alongside without apology: guest blogging for links that carry weight, list building for people who assumed an autoresponder would do the work, search traffic aimed at recruiting.
Read the leadership post first, especially if you have recently been sharp with somebody who trusted you.