Please forward this to a high-impact leader who needs the energy edge. If this was forwarded to you, get plugged in here. Welcome back - it's nice to have you here! Before we dive in... Today, Monday, October 12th, is Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Normally, this is where I’d give you something to think about: an idea about leadership, energy, decisions, identity, or one of the invisible forces shaping how we operate. Today, I want to do something a little different. Instead of adding another...
10 days ago • 3 min read
Please forward this to a high-impact leader who needs the energy edge. If this was forwarded to you, get plugged in here. Welcome back - it's nice to have you here! Before we dive in... “I’m not creative.” “I could never start a business.” “I’m not a writer.” “I’m terrible at public speaking.” “I’m not really leadership material.” We say things like this as if someone conducted an exhaustive assessment and handed us the results. But who actually decided? Hint: It might have started with...
17 days ago • 8 min read
Please forward this to a high-impact leader who needs the energy edge. If this was forwarded to you, get plugged in here. Welcome back - it's nice to have you here! Before we dive in... Sometimes you don’t need a better plan. You need to put yourself somewhere the plan can change. This one is a little different. Not because I’m changing what this newsletter is. Because I think I finally have better language for what it’s been becoming. And, strangely enough, it took a chalkboard at a concert...
24 days ago • 9 min read
Please forward this to a high-impact leader who needs the energy edge. If this was forwarded to you, get plugged in here. Welcome back - it's nice to have you here! Before we dive in... Ambitious people can be surprisingly good at being tired. Not collapsed. Not burned out. Not lying on the floor wondering how life came to this. Just...not fully back. You finish the hard week. Sleep a little longer. Maybe take Sunday off. Get outside. Squeeze in a workout. Have dinner with people you actually...
about 1 month ago • 8 min read
Please forward this to a high-impact leader who needs the energy edge. If this was forwarded to you, get plugged in here. Welcome back - it's nice to have you here! Before we dive in... “Just Do It” might be one of the greatest advertising slogans ever written. It’s also occasionally terrible life advice. 😂 You probably shouldn’t just quit your job. Fire the executive. Start the company. End the partnership. Move your family across the country. So we prepare. We think. Research. Run...
about 1 month ago • 9 min read
Please forward this to a high-impact leader who needs the energy edge. If this was forwarded to you, get plugged in here. Welcome back - it's nice to have you here! Before we dive in... You probably already know what it is. The conversation you haven't had. The application you haven't submitted. The idea you've researched to death. The appointment you keep meaning to make. The decision that somehow keeps moving from this week's list to next week's list. You haven't forgotten about it. That's...
about 2 months ago • 7 min read
Please forward this to a high-impact leader who needs the energy edge. If this was forwarded to you, get plugged in here. Welcome back - it's nice to have you here! Before we dive in... The people who love us most usually want to protect us. But sometimes...protection quietly becomes limitation. 🎯 THE MOMENT A few weeks ago, I was on a call with a community I'm incredibly grateful to be part of called The Outlier Project. It's a group of founders, leaders, creators, athletes, and adventurers...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
Please forward this to a high-impact leader who needs the energy edge. If this was forwarded to you, get plugged in here. Welcome back - it's nice to have you here! Before we dive in... What would be left...if someone took away your title? Your business. Your promotion. Your biggest success. Your biggest failure. Would you still know exactly who you are? 🎯 THE MOMENT Have you ever noticed how quickly we answer one simple question? "So...what do you do?" It's one of the first things we ask...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
Please forward this to a high-impact leader who needs the energy edge. If this was forwarded to you, get plugged in here. Welcome back - it's nice to have you here! Before we dive in... When was the last time you felt slightly off...but convinced yourself it would pass? Not exhausted. Not burned out. Just...different. Sometimes that's the only warning we get. 🎯 THE MOMENT I've never liked or felt comfortable with the word burnout. Not because it isn't real. Because I don't think it's...
2 months ago • 6 min read