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At points in each of our lives we have our own dark nights where we feel trapped in the proverbial pit without the ability to escape.  In The Dark Knight Rises, each of the characters must climb from the physical, mental, and spiritual pits they find themselves in starting with Bruce.   Alfred, as the magnanimous mentor, leads by example.  Alfred makes a personal sacrifice (his relationship with B...

As much as we would all love to be Aragorn, Legolas, or Gandalf in LOTR, if we are being honest with ourselves, we are probably more like Bilbo.  We love to find a comfortable spot and make a life for ourselves in it for as long as the world will allow.  Enter the Unexpected Journey.  Like Bilbo, we all need a journey to draw us into the discomfort that's required for growth. Even then, starting o...

We all wish we could lead like Gandalf, but how could we ever become that magnanimous and how do we contribute to a better world when there aren't orcs and dragons to fight?   Gandalf's style of servant leadership is perfectly encapsulated in this quote, "Saruman believes it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordina...

Regardless of who you are, we at WonderTour believe that you are a leader.  Whether you run your own business, lead a team of problem solvers, serve as mother or father to a family, or are just growing up with big aspirations of making an impact in the world.  One of the reasons we need everyone to be leaders is because change is inevitable and good leadership is required to navigate the waters of...

Whether its a stagnant job or a repetitive personal life, we can find ourselves lacking joy and hope, trapped in a closed loop without meaningful disruptions.  Like Jack Skellington in A Nightmare Before Christmas, we could be the Pumpkin King of Halloween but without hope for the future, it all feels empty.  We want to take the reigns and run out of our own closed loop Halloweentown, looking for...

In part 1 of Casablanca we worked out how to identify a Casablanca, aka a closed loop insulated environment where hope goes to die.  In part 2 we look to the examples of magnanimous leaders to see how they engineer an escape from Casablanca and in doing so break the closed loop for the good of those around them.  When we find ourselves in a Casablanca-esque downward spiral of hope in our lives, it...

You don't have to look much further than your immediate group of friends or acquaintances each day to find people who are lacking in hope, without a cause to believe in.   In Casablanca, we find a microcosm of humanity, a battle for hope.  Just because we aren't in WWII, like the characters in Casablanca, doesn't mean that there isn't a palpable lack of hope in the air.  It could be your departmen...

As we transition into a new series called "Hope and Belief" we return to a beloved franchise and character to guide our learning.  When we first find Rey she is capable and intelligent, but she is trapped in the past.   She's holding onto a feint hope that her parents will one day return to Jakku with little to believe in.   And don't we all find ourselves stuck in the past at points in our lives....

Do you ever get tired of trying, tired of not achieving expectations, and tempted to give up and away from your problems?  People and expectations can be tough to deal with and even Jedi Master Luke Skywalker gives into those feelings, running away to a hidden island to escape his past and the pain it brings.  And yet, he hides a map so that others might find him.   In our finale to the Map Making...