The Essential Rhythms
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The Essential Rhythms of a Nonprofit Leader
Forget the hustle sermons. The “grindset” mantras. The performance Olympics.
The truth is, the nonprofit leaders who last—who remain wise, creative, and grounded—aren’t the ones who optimize every hour.
They’re the ones who learn to live in rhythm.
Rhythm isn’t routine. It’s not rigidity. It’s the music beneath your leadership—the steady pulse that lets you return to center when everything else is flying apart.
So what are those essential rhythms? Here are the three I return to again and again—not because I always get them right, but because when I don’t, I feel the cost.