Chris Lowney

I was in San Diego at a national conference and had the pleasure of listening for the first time to author Chris Lowney. This former Jesuit Seminarian, successful financier at J.P. Morgan, and now author is a stellar spokesman for Jesuit values - and how to bring them into the business world.





Lowney was at Rockhurst this summer for the annual CBJE and, I am told, spoke even more eloquently on these Jesuit values. He is now an author and written 3 successful books, the first called Heroic Leadership speaks of the sustained 450+ achievement of the Jesuits.





In his speech yesterday, Lowney suggested that people (including business people) should give themselves the time to stop and consider these three questions:

1. Why are you grateful today?


2. What objective or personal issue do you want to focus on these days?


3. Reviewing the last few hours, what lesson can you take away to help you in the next few hours?

I think my Jesuit colleagues in the audience understood the message better than others, but it is a message worth repeating.