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Great leaders are always looking for ways to replace themselves. This demonstrates both pragmatism and humility: they know they won’t be around forever, and care…
If you follow my blogs or have read my book, you know I like simple and memorable success strategies. And…
Intermittent fasting is not new, but in case you’re unfamiliar, it refers to the practice of setting specific timespans to…
Recently, my family of five went on a weeklong trip. Partway through the week, my son had to leave to…
It’s said that every story ever written or told is based on one of only six basic plots. These are…
I’ve long been a big fan of the late Thích Nhất Hạnh, the Buddhist monk exiled from Vietnam who wrote…
I built a fence around my yard five years ago. I had never built a fence before, but for some…
Let’s be honest: middle management can be exhausting! I call it the messy middle for a reason. The time I spent in those roles often…
“Awe experiences are what chapter your life.” That line stopped me. I heard it recently in a conversation on the Hubermanlab podcast about cultivating more…
Have you ever caught yourself overthinking something to the point of paralysis? Maybe you’ve missed an opportunity that was presenting itself to you because you…
A common tactic in leadership development (so common it sounds like a cliche) is shifting mindsets. If a client is struggling with motivation, self-doubt, or…
Cross-modal brain functioning is a creative genius’s superpower. Making unique combinations and connections by bringing multiple senses together can be of great value. I manage…
Not every good idea is meant to grow in the season it is first planted. Recently, I took some time to read back through personal…
I often joke that I’m not sure whether I’m indecisive. Most humor contains seeds of truth, and I really do tend to struggle with decisions…
Spring has a way of revealing what has been dormant. In Central New York, it means changing weather, singing birds, and green shoots pushing up…
The concept of manifestation–the process of, to borrow from Thoreau, living the life you’ve imagined–has fascinated me for more than 30 years. I’ve read most…
In his book The Second Mountain, David Brooks argues that most of us begin our lives guided by the ego. We enter our careers seeking…
My wife and I enjoy British TV shows. Yes, we were die-hard Downton Abbey fans, (at least until they killed off *******, whose name I…
To name a value is to identify something you believe is important. That value is a noun, which, on its own, is inert and ineffectual…
