Leadership And The Environment

A friend told me the other day that while I could reduce flying, business people couldn't. It's not so easy for them, actually impossible.Did he forget that I have an MBA? That I started a business with an 8-digit valuation, that operated on four continents? That nearly everyone I know flies as a matter of course? Did he not imagine the work I turned down?More likely he didn't think about it. This morning I woke up before the alarm and though about his perspective.The overwhelming response to my suggesting that people can reduce their pollution---a statement of empowerment---is claims of helplessness. Also claims of some solidarity with other helpless people.Today's episode both savagely and, I believe, with empathy and compassion, attacks these false excuses.The trees burning in the picture are in the Amazon, the results of a system our money drives. More details in the episode.The bottom line: more than anything else, I'm talking about empowerment. The results of acting are community, joy, discovery, person