Accountable grace
A phrase I coined has helped me think differently about what I need and how I want to show up for others.
The Perils of Being Understood
After a year of growth, I reflect on how wanting to be understood hinders true connection.
Scary Septembers
This week brought a renewed focus on the importance of tending to my mental health. Maybe there’s something about this time of year. It seems that often in...
Presenting Extreme Ownership
This week I had the chance to share the basic principles of Extreme Ownership with leaders at my company, O.C. Tanner. While humbling and stressful, it was a...
Owning appropriately
You can’t let extreme ownership of a situation block you from solving the root problem. When I first came back to O.C. Tanner at the beginning of this year,...
Living in reality
My life is filled with impossible contradictions. This week brought one of those to the forefront for me. Sometimes I write because I have something to say....
Mentally healthy ownership
How do I break down my ego without breaking down my spirit? *** This year as I’ve returned to a corporate job, I have been focused on learning and...
Being blissfully unproductive
Last weekend I took the perfect trip to usher in a new life decade. On Tuesday, I turned 40. Surreal. I’ve felt in my 40s for years—my standard answer to the...
Is it serving you?
I can’t get this question out of my head. And I’m grateful. Last week, I got mad. This is not unusual. I feel my emotions deeply, and as I am learning to be...
Unconscious spending
This week I learned an important lesson on being aware of my communication, and especially how it can impact others in my life. I’ve been thinking a lot...
Inauthenticity detection
An experience in a recent one-on-one reminded me of how vigilant I must be to remain authentic. I met recently with a new leader on our team. He and I are...
Finding ownership
We were hit last week with another major outage. I wanted to reflect on how I showed up and what I learned. Near the end of work Tuesday, I was at the...
Neglected and abandoned
What another rollercoaster of a week this was for me. My emotions surged from confidence and excitement at the road ahead to near utter despair at our...
Cover and Move
As I continue on my path to embracing Extreme Ownership, I find myself in a textbook situation in which I need to rely on others. And it’s hard! Last week, I...
MWH: Practicing ownership
In addition to being an emotional roller coaster, this week was a wake up call for me. It was a good exercise in extreme ownership. And I saw clearly where I...
MWH 🧠 #113: Conducting and speaking
I had a powerful experience yesterday jumping in to do unexpected things in unexpected ways. These (near) weekly updates share life with OCD as part of my...
MWH 🧠 #112: Emotional honesty
This week I relearned the lesson that handling challenging situations requires emotional honesty. These weekly updates share life with OCD as part of my...
MWH 🧠 #111: Caring for our selves
During a symptomatic week, I learned how to care for myself better—to view my past and future selves as someone else. These weekly updates share life with...
MWH 🧠 #110: Hierarchy of stress
I was reminded this week of the possibility and importance of allowing seemingly contradictory ideas to both be true. I can be struggling AND doing well at...
MWH 🧠 #109: Dropping rubber balls
Ironically, just on the day I was marveling at how well I’ve been handling everything, I was shown where I was falling apart. These weekly updates share life...