by Michael Parise | May 11, 2020
We can think of change in life and work in two ways. Change can suddenly confront us, and we are forced react. Or we can adopt the perspective that change is absolute and inevitable and have an interior response: change is an opportunity rather than a burden. Being in...
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by Michael Parise | Dec 29, 2017
Change: the only thing on which we can rely. It follows us wherever we go. Respected leaders are never surprised at changes, no matter how they may upset the status quo. Leaders understand that change brings opportunity and that nobody fights most changes...
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by Michael Parise | Oct 10, 2017
What’s your first reaction when a disaster strikes? I imagine it’s to save your life. It’s fascinating how we suddenly get super-clear about priorities when disaster looms. We’re suddenly willing to pay any price, financial or otherwise, to live for another day. Yet...
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by Michael Parise | Nov 3, 2016
Often we need an interruption to move us to take fuller responsibility for our lives. If we do not take responsibility in these moments, we often end up shifting the blame to others or to events beyond our control. Sometimes the interruption comes in the form of a...
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by Michael Parise | Feb 23, 2016
I’ve lived most of my life relying on absolute truths. It’s one reason I became a priest; I believed that the absolute love of God could change people’s lives. I still hold onto absolutes: the reality of a spiritual existence, the sun shining brightly, the...
