Summer Inspiration
I love summer. Hot days, the pool, cooking on the grill, and savoring the long slow hours of sunshine that seem to stretch the day beyond what the calendar promises.
As a kid, summer felt infinite in the way that only childhood can make it feel, those long days swimming at the lake and camping with the Scouts where time moved differently and the world outside of that season barely existed at all.
There is something about summer that invites a different kind of thinking, a slower and more honest conversation with yourself about what matters and what doesn’t. It’s a time to think about what you are carrying that deserves to stay and what you have been holding onto long past its usefulness.
Summer is a time to weed the garden of your life and your leadership.
Every garden left unattended fills with things that crowd out the good growth, and leadership is no different. The habits that once served you but no longer do. The relationships that drain more than they give. The beliefs about yourself and your team that were never quite true but went unexamined because there was never enough stillness to question them. Even the strategies that made sense once but are now stealing energy from what deserves to grow now.
Good gardeners plant. But they also tend. They return and look at what is thriving and what is taking up space. The best leaders do the same thing, and summer with its slower pace and longer light has always been the right time for that kind of honest gardening.
Whatever you are doing this season, here are a few quotes about summer to inspire your best:
