A few years ago, Hank Stringer (friend and co-author of our book, Talent Force: A New Manifesto for the Human Side of Business) had this idea for a video presentation that he called “The Purpose Walk”. Hank’s idea (which still should be done) was to to have an interviewer take a walk with an accomplished executive and talk about that executive’s past, values, principles, learning and then culminate with the executive talking about his/her purpose and what it means to them. I thought these would be fascinating segments to watch and learn from. I also like the idea of taking a walk to clear our heads and to think and talk. I know people who just vacate the office at certain times of the day to clear their head. They usually do this alone, but imagine if we were to take a walk once a day with someone we wanted to learn from or hear their experiences? How great would that be? Well, if wanted to do that, we could. It just takes us starting it and asking someone else if they want to get out of the office for a few minutes, stretch their legs and get some fresh air. Who wouldn’t want that? Solomon said that we can become wise this way; “Walk with the wise and become wise..”. And if we don’t have anyone who wants to walk with us, I know someone who always wants to take a walk with us and will allow us to say anything that is on our mind, talk about any problems we have, and take on any challenge or problem that we have. That walking partner is always there and all we have to do is open up ourselves to Him. You might want to consider taking one of those walks today and see where it leads.

Reference: Proverbs 13:20 (New Living Testament)