ANZAC Day. Freedom Day. For me, both land differently than they might for most people reading this.

This week I couldn't separate them. So I didn't try.

A reflection on sacrifice, liberation and the freedom we've inherited but haven't fully used.

Leaders are human first. Leaders cannot afford to be prisoners of their past — or captives of someone else’s story. If we live trapped in either perpetual guilt or perpetual victimhood, we are not free. And we lead from fear, not clarity.