Archive - The Chasing Influence Coaching Leadership Newsletter

Twenty-five years later, a red bandana still has something to teach us

Sep 11 • Troy Urdahl

The Only One Facing the Other Way

The tools of ignorance may actually be the tools of wisdom

Sep 6 • Troy Urdahl

August 2026

The Picture Not Taken

Dolly and doing right when there's nothing in it for you

Aug 30 • Troy Urdahl

When the Heat Comes

No room but up to rise

Aug 23 • Troy Urdahl

The Lamplighter

The light we see is built by the walking no one notices

Aug 16 • Troy Urdahl

Finding Your Dwarf

How small symbols can teach us about what we stand for

Aug 9 • Troy Urdahl

Smelling the Barn

The most dangerous stretch of any effort is the way out

Aug 4 • Troy Urdahl

July 2026

Leave Room for Maybe

Holding standards firmly ... and conclusions loosely

Jul 26 • Troy Urdahl

The Plate Doesn't Move

What 17 inches teaches us about standards, support, and the calls we make

Jul 19 • Troy Urdahl

Against Resistance

Wings form in the struggle ... so do we

Jul 12 • Troy Urdahl

After the Declaration

Fireworks and the stone house

Jul 5

June 2026

Before the Ink Dried

When an idea becomes responsibility

Jun 28

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