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Jul 29

Positive Impact from Barbie: The Hidden Heroes Behind It All

Let’s say that positive change is a beautiful house. We rightly fall in love with the shape, the trim, the windows that let us see epic adornments inside. We often don’t see or acknowledge what is by far the most important and pivotal accomplishment that enabled the assemblage of all…

Barbie

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Positive Impact from Barbie: The Hidden Heroes Behind It All
Positive Impact from Barbie: The Hidden Heroes Behind It All
Barbie

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May 29

A Letter From Jesus to the Pastor Who Preached Shooting and Stoning Helpers of the Transgender

Dear Pastor, The very first thing I want to express is that I love you. I hope that goes without saying, as I love all without exception, which is the point of this letter to you. And I am intentionally not adding a name beyond “Pastor” as what I address…

Love

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A Letter From Jesus to the Pastor Who Preached Shooting and Stoning Helpers of the Transgender
A Letter From Jesus to the Pastor Who Preached Shooting and Stoning Helpers of the Transgender
Love

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Mar 21

21st Century Leadership: There are no “problems” in the universe. Only evolution asking the new to be created.

There is one singular epiphany, in the high-impact leaders I spend my days with, that births the most spectacular businesses, innovations, impact and cultures. It is the awareness, that in ultimate reality, there are no such things as “problems”, only evolutionary invitations for us to enter the profound space where…

Leadership

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21st Century Leadership: There are no “problems” in the universe.
21st Century Leadership: There are no “problems” in the universe.
Leadership

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Dec 31, 2022

Why I chose amputation: To create a new world, leaders need to let go of all that tethers them to the old one.

On Monday, December 12th, at approximately 8:45 AM, I sat with two masterful surgeons and convinced them it was time to amputate my left leg. On Thursday, December 15th, between 4PM and 8PM they performed the task with the utmost care and diligence. At this point, when hearing the “a-word”…

Leadership

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Why I chose amputation: To create a new world, leaders need to let go of all that tethers them to…
Why I chose amputation: To create a new world, leaders need to let go of all that tethers them to…
Leadership

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Oct 11, 2022

Converting the Psychedelic Experience into Enduring Real-World Change: From Insights to Operating System

Over the last decade I’ve had the privilege of supporting high-impact leaders move toward inner purpose and subsequently positive impact endeavors. In that time, the occurrence of the“Holy shit. What now?” session, in which these leaders confess to recently emerging from a psychedelic/plant-medicine experience, is exponentially increasing. …

Leadership

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Converting the Psychedelic Experience into Enduring Real-World Change: From Insights to Operating…
Converting the Psychedelic Experience into Enduring Real-World Change: From Insights to Operating…
Leadership

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Jan 19, 2022

The Mystic in MLK’s Pocket.

On Howard Thurman, christian mystic, mentor to Martin Luther King Jr. Two days ago was “Martin Luther King Jr. Day”, and of the many things I hold in reverence of this mountain of a man on this day, one is a book he would carry with him on his travels…

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The Mystic in MLK’s Pocket.
The Mystic in MLK’s Pocket.

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Jun 21, 2021

For stakeholder capitalism to work, doesn’t civilization need to first ? Might both already flourish around us, if not for human arrogance in the way of seeing it?

In coaching leaders toward purpose and impact, there is always the assumption that we are starting upon an elevated launching pad frequently referred to as “the advanced civilization of humanity”. The one civilization this planet currently has to offer, all its knowledge and wisdom as our foundation. Recently, on a…

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For stakeholder capitalism to work, doesn’t civilization need to first ?
For stakeholder capitalism to work, doesn’t civilization need to first ?

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Feb 5, 2021

Kalina is.

Many would say the title above is grammatically incorrect. That once a being experiences the event the world calls “death”, they are to be referred to in the past tense. In this case, “Kalina was.” I am unable to do that. Not because I am yet in acceptance of a…

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Kalina is.
Kalina is.

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·Sep 22, 2020

Pivot toward Possibility: A Mindset Imperative for Today’s Leadership

“CEOs are recognizing that the barriers to boldness and speed are less about technical limits and more about such things as mindsets toward what is possible…” “People are looking for a different kind of leadership. In a normal environment, it’s about business leadership and setting up strategy…In this environment… it’s…

Mindset Shift

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Pivot toward Possibility: A Mindset Imperative for Today’s Leadership
Pivot toward Possibility: A Mindset Imperative for Today’s Leadership
Mindset Shift

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May 17, 2020

The case for expressing “Last Words” right now.

About three weeks ago I developed a fever and headache that would come in strong about midday and last the rest of the day. On day three I went to my doctor, who said, “You have a virus of some kind, but I don’t think it’s COVID — given your…

Family

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The case for expressing “Last Words” right now.
The case for expressing “Last Words” right now.
Family

9 min read

Kirk Souder

Kirk Souder

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executive + leadership coach. Helping the transformation of leaders that they might transform their worlds. https://www.kirksouder.co

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