Posts by Shawn "Man On Fire" Nason
Blow In, Blow Up, Blow Out
Close your eyes and imagine this with me: There’s a guy on the stage playing his heart out on a piano and he’s delivering a sermon with his music. I guess you could even say he was on fire (like Jerry Lee Lewis). People in the crowd are standing up, waving their hankies in the…
Read MoreTurning Empathy into Action
“If empathy is the great connector, compassion is the bridge between emotion and action.”
Read MoreTurning A Splash Into A Flood
One of my “lean in†moments is to focus on the intensity of human connectedness and the responsibility we have for each other. Our lives, our livelihoods, our wellbeing are intricately tied and cannot be separated.
Read MoreFinding Joy in the Yuck
Thirty frickin’ more days of social distancing. Really? The other night, we learned that we were going to have to live in our new norm of social distancing and shelter-in-place for at least another thirty days. I have to admit, these were not the words that I wanted to hear. Stress is getting higher in…
Read MoreWho Will Be in Room 716?
Thursday, March 19th, 2020, will be a day I’ll never forget. My team and I landed in Southern California in the midst of the most widespread pandemic our world has faced in my lifetime. After we arrived at our (not small) hotel, we discovered that our group of four people accounted for 20% of the…
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