What happens when the need to be right starts to weaken trust, damage connection, and disrupt the peace around you? 

In this episode of Meditations on Leadership, Don reflects on the tension between conviction and peace, and the quiet ways a leader’s need to be right can erode trust, connection, and culture. He then sits down with educator Neal Walter Young for a thoughtful conversation about teaching, civic life, moral clarity, and what it means to lead with both principle and humility. Together, they explore how peace is not passivity, but a steady strength rooted in discernment, relationship, and wisdom. 

A timely reminder that peace is not weakness. It is strength disciplined by wisdom. 

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