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What We're Really Wired For.
September 11, 2025
One of the most underestimated parts of high performance isn’t strategy, skill, or discipline. It’s connection. Not networking. Not appearances. Not “how...
Feelings and Facts.
September 7, 2025
Emotions can feel like facts. True story. When I’m angry, it feels like someone must have done something wrong. When I feel disrespected, it feels like the...
The Danger of Autopilot.
September 2, 2025
I’ve learned the hard way that one of the biggest risks for leaders isn’t a lack of skill, resources, or even time. It’s cruising on autopilot. When you’ve...
5 Years from Now.
August 27, 2025
One of the biggest traps I’ve fallen into over the years is assuming that the version of me standing here today is the final draft. I know I’ll grow and...
Be the Solution.
August 20, 2025
I’ve been coming back to this mantra a lot lately: “Be the solution, not the problem.” Not because I’ve nailed it, honestly, it’s the opposite. I’ve had a...
Surviving bad days.
August 13, 2025
Disclosure: I’m not a medical doctor or a therapist and this is not medical advice. Just my personal experience. I am, however, a (mostly) normal human being...
When hustle becomes a cage.
August 6, 2025
There’s a moment, quiet and usually private, when we look around at our life and realize, this isn’t working anymore. Maybe the calendar’s packed. The bank...
August, sweet August.
July 31, 2025
Julius Caesar got July. Augustus Caesar got August. But, we get something better: an invitation. August is a threshold. Not quite summer, not quite fall. The...
Leading change.
July 24, 2025
You’ve made it through six weeks of hard questions.You’ve faced what’s changing in you.You’ve challenged the need for certainty.You’ve re-evaluated your...
Burn the map, keep the compass.
July 20, 2025
At some point in every leader’s journey, the plan stops working. The map you’ve been following (quarterly goals, hiring strategy, product roadmap) suddenly...
Your team is watching.
July 13, 2025
Here’s something most leaders underestimate during change: Your team is always watching. And, they believe what you do more than what you say. It doesn’t...
Stability ≠ Stagnation.
July 6, 2025
I’d like to kill a myth that keeps too many leaders I’ve met stuck: Stability and stagnation are not the same thing. Sometimes we act like they are.We think...
Who you take with you matters most.
June 30, 2025
Let’s talk about the people around you. When you’re leading through change, one of the hardest truths to face is this: Not everyone who's been part of your...
Certainty is a false god.
June 23, 2025
Most leaders I coach crave clarity.They want the roadmap, the plan, the playbook.They want to know. But here’s the hard truth about change: Clarity rarely...
Change behind the change.
June 16, 2025
Change isn’t what’s happening in your company.Change is what’s happening in you. Most leaders think change is external. New team, new product line, new...
Day Thirty: That's all folks.
June 14, 2025
The last 30 days of writing have reminded me of something simple but powerful: when you speak from the heart people lean in. I didn’t set out to inspire...
Day TwentyNine: Your best life.
June 13, 2025
Your best life isn’t out there somewhere, waiting to be discovered. It’s not hidden in a dream job, a perfect partner, or a five-year plan. It’s right here,...
Day TwentyEight: What it really takes.
June 12, 2025
Confidence doesn’t come first. Risk does. We wait around, hoping to feel ready, to feel sure, to feel confident enough. But, that moment rarely shows up on...
Day TwentySeven: An inside job.
June 11, 2025
Don’t be surprised if the breakthrough feels a lot like wandering. Like losing your bearings. Like standing in unfamiliar territory with nothing left to...
Day TwentySix: Break down or through?
June 10, 2025
We spend most of our lives trying to hold it together. We grip tightly to control, image, and certainty like they’re life rafts. Because in some ways, they...
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