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GUYdelines Articles: Our Quarterly E-Newsletter for Outdoor Lovers & Leaders

Vol.16 (2022)

No. 1: Courage is not the absence of fear.

Vol.15 (2021)

No. 1: Go up, go down, or stay here.

No. 2: The sweet spot

No.3: The long view.

No.4: Rigid with data and objectivity but flexible with planning

Vol. 14 (2020)

No. 1: Four Facing Directions of Leadership

No. 2: Just Me and My Two X’s

No. 3: No Trust, No Relationship

No. 4: Leading and Serving

Vol. 13 (2019)

No. 1: Self Mastery for Leadership: Imagination and Habit, Part 1

No. 2: Self Mastery for Leadership: Imagination and Habit, Part 2

Vol. 12 (2018)

No. 1: Five New Year’s Resolutions Worth Keeping

No. 2: TEAM – Together Everyone Achieves More

No. 3: Fear and Courage

Vol. 11 (2017)

No. 1: 9 Leadership Statements that you Never Want to Hear Yourself Say Out There (first three)

No. 2: 9 Leadership Statements that you Never Want to HearYourself Say Out There (Nos. 4, 5, and 6)

No. 3: 9 Leadership Statements that you Never Want to Hear Yourself Say Out There (Nos. 7, 8, and 9)

No. 4: The People Will Surprise You

Vol. 10 (2016)

No. 1: You are Sharing the Woods with These People..!

No. 2: Preparing for the Worst

No. 3: The Outdoors and the Education of Young People

Vol. 9 (2015)

No. 1: Learning from 2014

No. 2: Learning from Tragedy

No. 3: Both Strange and True…

Vol. 8 (2014)

No. 1: Our work as a way of extending goodness into the world

No. 2: The march of folly

No. 3: When judgement fails

No. 4: Some ideas (and quotes) I try to live by

Vol. 7 (2013)

No. 1: Stupidity explored

No. 2: Becoming unstupid

No. 3: Experiential learning

No. 4: Lessons from Jackson WY

Vol. 6 (2012)

No. 1: Mary’s great adventures

No. 2: 9 thoughts for staying alive out there

No. 3: Nourishment for the soul, from the outdoor world

No. 4: “Staying Alive” by David Wagoner

Vol. 5 (2011)

No. 1: Leadership IV – leadership team dynamics

No. 2: The 10 (and more) essentials

No. 3: 7 things you never want to hear yourself say in the outdoors

No. 4: The leadership trap of mindlessness

Vol. 4 (2010)

No. 1: Invincibility (revisited)

No. 2: Leadership I – shared purpose

No. 3: Leadership II – toxic leadership

No. 4: Leadership III – leader traps

Vol. 3 (2009)

No. 1: Materialism and greed

No. 2: Last in the series of 10 human attitudes that lead to suffering – Naive optimism, leading to a gross failure to plan

No. 3: Teaching children about being lost in the outdoors

No. 4: Group-think in outdoor adventure settings

Vol. 2 (2008)

No. 1: The unexamined urge to press on

No. 2: Avoidance or denial of personal weakness

No. 3: A casual approach to details

Special issue: Climbing with children

Vol. 1 (2007)

No. 1: First in the series of 10 human attitudes that lead to suffering – Unwillingness to change plans

No. 2: Ego and the desire to impress

No. 3: Lack of awareness

No. 4: Invincibility

Presentations at the Wilderness Risk Management Conference

“Human Attitudes that Lead to Suffering in the Backcountry” (Oct. 2008 in Jackson WY)

“Leading Beyond Invincibility, Group-Think, and Other Catastrophic Attitudes” (2009 in Raleigh, NC, 2011 in Boston, MA, and 2017 in Portland ME)

“Ambushed by Myself – Leading Beyond Several Unexpected Leadership Pitfalls” (2010 in Colorado Springs, CO, and 2015 in Portland OR)

“Stupidity Explored – Mindful Leadership Amplified” (2013 in Jackson WY, and 2014 in Atlanta GA)

Additional Resources

“Introducing children to the wild (and local) outdoors” (appeared in Around Harrisonburg magazine, June/July 2011, pp. 29-32)

Also, check out NOLS for a wide range of excellent papers on all facets of outdoor leadership and risk management

Sphere of Labor, a video from Truth in Action Ministries (2013), exploring carrying our Christian faith into the workplace, and featuring Lester from WILD GUYde Adventures.

“Learning is thinking about experience.” – John Dewey

“Those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” – George Santayana