Opinions

How good are you at appreciating your strengths?

“If you think your skills are run-of-the-mill, dime-a-dozen, you don’t realize what others would love to learn from you.” – Liane Davey How well do you know your strengths? It’s a sad but confronting reality. As humans, we think far more about weaknesses than our strengths. It’s called the...

Remembering a person’s name is a powerful leadership tool

"Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering." - Theodore Roosevelt I read a story of a local sportscaster doing radio coverage of an Indiana high school football game from the stands, who used a chart listing the names, numbers, and positions of the...

DI Library Society seeks your help via needs survey

The Daniel Island Library Society is looking at ways it can help improve the Berkeley County Library on Daniel Island. If you will give us 10 minutes of your time, we will give you the opportunity to help plan the future of our library. When the library opened its doors in 2007,...

Local newspapers keep communities strong

Strong communities don’t just happen. They rely on connection – residents knowing what’s going on, businesses reaching the customers who keep them open, and citizens having the facts to make good decisions. Local newspapers provide that connection in ways no other source can. In...

Are you a generous leader?

The story goes that one day, a beggar by the roadside asked Alexander the Great for alms. The man was poor and wretched and had no claim upon the ruler, no right even to lift a solicitous hand. Yet the emperor threw in several gold coins. A courtier was astonished at his generosity and...

Ever feel like you're stuck in a well with a bull moose?

"How do you identify someone who needs encouragement? That person is breathing. - S. Truett Cathy The other week, a bull moose somehow managed to fall into an abandoned well in a forested area of Maine. A team worked for about five hours to free the animal, as initially the landowners thought...

How Good Are You at Trying New Things?

Fear? Pride? Embarrassment? What prevents us from trying new things, from venturing into the unknown, the unfamiliar? “Think about trying something new,” says Dr. Juan Pablo Zapata, as quoted by Katherine Brooks, “as your daily dosage of a vaccine booster for mental health.” “Doing...

Do you have the 5 traits of extra-mile leaders?

“There are no shortcuts on the extra mile.” – Zig Ziglar Bob Kuechenberg, the former Miami Dolphins great, once explained what motivated him to go to college. “My father and uncle were human cannonballs in carnivals. My father told me, ‘Go to college or be a cannonball.’ Then one day...

How good are you at dealing with uncertainty?

It’s become clear that for the first half of my life, I carried around the wrong mindset. “Wrong” may be a touch harsh, but my strong (unflinching) desire for a world of stability, certainty, and consistency didn’t particularly match the world that exists. My therapist needed just...

Why Berkeley County EMS is searching for a new home

Dear neighbors, There is quite a bit of misinformation floating around the community regarding the City of Charleston’s Fire Department and the Berkeley County EMS, and I would like to provide some clarity as your Charleston City Council representative. As Daniel Island has grown, so...