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If you choose power over empowering others, you are missing the point. As leaders, it’s not about where you are on the org chart, it’s about what you can DO from where you are on the org chart. Your mission to be a better human and better leader: Try not to take your title so […]

Life has me so wound up at times, I need to unravel my stress. I can’t say there is one right way or wrong way – it’s a never ending social experiment. For me in this moment, it’s staying off of social media and ignoring my news alerts for starters. And then going to acupuncture […]

There is too much navel gazing these days. And by that I mean too much looking only at your own needs, your own life, your own worth, your own trophies. I try to remind folks that we all expire in the personal video game of life, with so much focus on winning the holy grail […]

Heartbreak comes in so many forms. I feel some sense of heartbreak for my mom right now, who lost her sister recently to cancer. I also feel it whenever I wrap up a client project because I give my whole heart, and there is a bitter sweet ending to seeing their success carry on without […]

To quote a friend, “genius is all around us and in us”. I like this idea that there isn’t less or more amounts of genius in any one of us. And I believe if we think of genius as more than IQ – that it’s creative genius or emotional genius or human genius – then […]

Whatever it takes, find the clarity in your life to keep your stride. It’s one of the most important things you’ll do as a leader and for self care in your life. The more clear we are, the more boundaries we can set, and the more intentionality we can welcome into our lives. Your mission […]

  Many of us are living in the parentheses – living in someone else’s shadow. It’s time to remove your mask and live your life boldly. Do it for reasons beyond you, and do it with substance. Your mission to be a better human and better leader: Don’t live within the parentheses. Live in BOLD. Be […]

Some patterns are worth breaking. Especially the really really unhealthy ones. So go ahead, break them all. Your mission to be a better human and better leader: Break it when needed. #disruption Be kind along your journey and remember, you got this!

I sometimes find myself short of breath. I know it’s tension. The weight of the world and all of its craziness is weighing me down, and I need to remind myself to relax. Breathe. In and out. Like I normally do when I’m not freaking out. So give it a try. Your mission to be […]

We can’t take every single bit of external negativity and internalize it. It’s way too easy to do. So here’s a trick, sing the song, and try a little tenderness on you. Be as kind as you can be to yourself — even if you only start out for five minutes of every day. Say […]