Be Before You Do

Be Before You Do

Update: 2025-12-23
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What if leadership isn’t about what you accomplish, but who you’re becoming?

In this episode of Meditations on Leadership, Don Carpenter sits down with writer, artist, and community builder Margot Anne Kelley to explore how character shapes leadership long before outcomes appear. Rooted in the meditation Be Before You Do, the conversation touches on creativity, vocation, and Margot’s work co-founding the Saint George Community Development Corporation, where neighbors come together to care for one another with dignity and purpose.

A reflective and grounded conversation for anyone leading, mentoring, or building something that truly matters.

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If something in today’s episode spoke to you, I hope you’ll subscribe and continue the journey with me — because leadership begins within.




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