Purpose is fire, luminous and dangerous.

I’ve watched leaders burn brilliantly and disappear in ash.
I’ve done it myself.

Fire can illuminate everything or consume everything.
The difference isn’t passion. It’s tending.

During sacred ceremony in Bahia, Brazil, I learned what sustainable purpose requires: rhythm, recovery, ritual.
That’s what keeps the flame alive without burning the vessel.

Leadership works the same way.
Unchecked drive becomes extraction.
Tended purpose becomes hearth, warmth that others can gather around.

So ask, not “Am I burning brightly enough?”
but “What’s left when the fire dies down?”

If you’re standing between achievement and renewal, this reflection runs through Leadership Legacy and my advisory practice, Threshold Coaching™, work for leaders in transformation.

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