We’re not going to belabor the ‘stuck in your comfort zone’ thing but after our last email, we would be remiss if we didn’t pop in and share a few tangibles ways to break free from the grips of your comfort bubble. (-; If you’re truly ready to take steps…

Issue 202 — June 20, 2022 On the second national Juneteenth holiday, I am reposting what I wrote last year in recognition of this day in American history. The unfinished business of equality remains the same even though public awareness of the day is much greater, if overcommercialized. The Big…

Is your comfort zone holding you back? Look, trust me, I know it can sometimes be hard to acknowledge that we’re the ones responsible for making progress (or lack thereof) in our lives, but the good news is we can unlearn that behavior in order to get out of our…

We have spent the last couple of years in an environment of deep disruption and uncertainty. Now, we are living in a revolutionary time. A time that surrounds us with change, transformation, and all the REs. Your opportunity is now! It’s time to say no to the status quo. It’s…

Issue 201 — June 5, 2022 “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty,” said founding father John Adams. Yet in a classic demonstration of unearned privilege, he mocked his wife Abigail’s plea to “remember the ladies” when framing the Constitution. John averred that men would never put up with that…

Issue 200— May 30, 2022 I need to write about power this week. I’ve spent the last decade teaching women the difference between thinking of oppressive power OVER and generative, creative, and innovative power TO so that we can get over our culturally learned ambivalence about power that is a…

Issue 199 — May 23, 2022 First, say their names: Margus D. Morrison, 52; Andre Mackneil, 53; Aaron Salter, 55; Geraldine Talley, 62; Celestine Chaney, 65; Heyward Patterson, 67; Katherine Massey, 72; Pearl Young, 77; and Ruth Whitfield 86. On behalf of all of us at Take The Lead, we…

Issue 198 — April 27, 2022 Within minutes after we concluded the virtual Take Time for You event on April 23, Jen Koeller wrote this note to me: Hi Gloria, I was very excited to attend today’s Take Time for You event because it spoke to me on many levels…

Issue 197 — April 18, 2022 I got so many flowers on my big 8–0 April 13 that I jokingly asked whether I had died. I’m incredibly fortunate to be alive and high kicking as I veer into Betty White territory. I’m looking forward to people thinking everything I do…