This is how the Sears store in my local mall looked this morning. All of a sudden, it’s empty. It’s sobering to me to see the slow fall of a once-dominant company.

Rise and fall is the pattern of history. What goes up must come down. As leaders we set out everyday to beat gravity for a little longer.

Let’s not be complacent based on past success. Let’s not pretend change will avoid us if we ignore it. Let’s be intentional about where we want to end up and what we want to do between the rise and the fall.