Podcast Episode 207: How to Make Your Habits Work for You (Rebroadcast)
If you want to make an impact in this world, you need to be able to do what’s important but not urgent. Whether you want to improve your health, write a book or run a marathon, the same principles apply. Here’s how they’ve worked for me. Show Notes: Get your FREE ecopy of One New […]
Podcast Episode 172: Six Ways to Manage Anxiety (rebroadcast)
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted daily living for almost everybody. This kind of change requires us to understand loss, grief and how to manage anxiety. This episode was originally broadcast in April 2020. It’s still relevant today. Show Notes: That Discomfort You’re Feeling Is Grief by Scott Berinato — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jack-shitama/message
Podcast Episode 107: The Power of a Creative Minority
A creative minority can change things for the better. Leadership through self-differentiation makes this possible. Show Notes: On Creative Minorities by Jonathan Sacks — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jack-shitama/message
Unity Is Not Unanimity
Unity – the state of being united or joined as a whole. Unanimity – agreement by all people involved; consensus. In his inaugural address, President Joe Biden called Americans to unite. This call to unity will sound naïve and even laughable to many. The U.S., and indeed the world, has been growing more divided for […]
Podcast Episode 104: How to Make Your Habits Work for You
This episode covers a repeatable process for developing positive habits to improve your spiritual, physical and professional lives. Show Notes: Get your FREE ecopy of One New Habit, One New Goal: Change Your Life in 10 Weeks The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan The Healthy […]
Podcast Episode 67: Six Ways to Manage Anxiety
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted daily living for almost everybody. This kind of change requires us to understand loss, grief and how to manage anxiety. Show Notes: That Discomfort You’re Feeling Is Grief by Scott Berinato — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jack-shitama/message
Podcast Episode 42: Effective Leaders Trust Self and Others
Trust is a key leadership competency. Developing a culture of trust requires trusting self, then trusting others. Show Notes: Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue by Edwin Friedman The Fundamental Attribution Error Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip and Dan Heath The Moral Molecule: How Trust Works […]
Intensity Is the Mother of Dissension
ost of what I’ve learned in family systems is counter-intuitive. Dealing with anxiety is no exception. A big takeaway is that the anxiety I feel about a situation has more to do with me and how I function in my family of origin than it does about the content of the situation. This is true of seriousness, […]
How Keystone Habits Help Me Grow as a Spiritual Leader
Both the spiritual life and leadership are like riding a bike. You’re either moving forward or falling down. Growing in faith and growing in effectiveness are ongoing tasks for the spiritual leader. John Wesley, founder of the Methodist movement was a paragon of habits. The term “Methodist” was a pejorative coined by those who mocked […]
