I was recently catching up with a high school classmate—someone I’ve known a long time, and someone who now runs a successful landscaping business. He told me about how customers often come to him asking for trees, only to be disappointed when the trees they see are small. “I wish I had planted bigger ones,”
Blame. It’s easy to fall into. It’s emotionally satisfying in the moment. And yet, it’s one of the biggest barriers to our growth, progress, and leadership potential.Whether you’re leading a team or just trying to navigate your day, recognizing and moving past blame is a crucial step toward becoming more effective—and more fulfilled.The Temptation of
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player…Listen to this article. (Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur.) They say that the only things that are certain are death and taxes. How about we add uncertainty to that list? While life is full of uncertainties, large and small, in the world of work, there seem to
How many meetings are too many? It’s a question I hear all the time.Most people I work with—whether in workshops, coaching calls, or leadership development sessions—tell me they attend far too many meetings. And I don’t disagree. Many organizations have defaulted to a meeting-first mindset that often sacrifices productivity for routine.But here’s the truth: The
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player…Listen to this article. (Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur.) The gap between potential and performance exists for everyone. Some significantly close this gap – those are people we often look up to and admire. Others seem to have gaps that are so large that we see tragedy
It’s my birthday today—but that’s not really what this post is about.This moment just gave me the perfect excuse to talk about something that often goes unnoticed in the workplace: celebration.We’re pretty good at celebrating in our personal lives. In fact, the U.S. birthday party industry was worth around $10 billion in 2020. That’s right—parents
Let me ask you a question I bet you’ve never asked yourself:What can leaders learn from trees?It might sound a bit strange at first, but stick with me. Nature often has lessons for us if we’re willing to observe. And in the case of trees, those lessons are both powerful and practical.Trees Are Stable and
How patient are you with yourself?Last week, I asked you to consider how patient you are with others—a question that’s deeply important for leaders. But today, I want to turn the lens inward. Because the patience we offer others is often directly tied to the patience we show ourselves.So let me ask again: How patient
How patient are you with others?It’s a simple question—but not always a simple answer. If you’re like me, you might say, “It depends.” Sometimes I’m calm, collected, and patient. Other times? Not so much. And if we’re being honest, we can all look back at moments when we think, “I could have… should have… been
Something we have been doing our entire lives should be easy and instinctual. Right? What if that thing is communicating? If it’s so natural, why are we always complaining that someone misunderstood what we said, or that meeting could have been an email, but nobody read the email!? This is particularly common in remote work
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