When we think of leaders, we typically think of people in a position of authority, but leaders are everywhere, and they don’t need a title to have influence. In fact, many leaders don’t have a title. Instead, they might be a coworker who encourages their teammates to work towards their goals, a frie...
As a society, we talk about the hustle and the grind all the time, but we often don’t talk about how taxing that can be. We live in a world where we are always chasing the next thing, and while there is nothing inherently wrong with that, it’s also important to slow down sometimes and enjoy the jour...
If you act without confidence, your own self-doubts will eventually start to weigh you down. The limitations you put on yourself are like sandbags, and the tighter you hold onto them, the harder it is for you to get off the ground. But when you let go of this self-imposed weight, you will start to s...
Many leaders have recounted that when they were the strongest as a leader, it was not a time of peace and certainty. It was in the chaos of facing and overcoming challenges that they are most proud to look back on in their leadership journeys. That is because we often don’t know what we are truly ca...
There are three responses to stress– fight, flight, or freeze. Most people are pretty familiar with the fight or flight response, but the freeze response is often overlooked. To freeze means to not act. It happens when a person feels overwhelmed and they don’t know what to do, therefore they do noth...
It doesn’t matter what you know; it matters what you do with what you know. Information is useless unless it is applied. We spend a lot of time preparing for the next step, but then we get stuck in our comfort zone. We often know what we need to do, but we don’t act on that information. We expect th...
Each of us is capable of more. More effort, more consistency, more accountability, or more of whatever else is holding us back. This does not mean we should never give ourselves a break though. Sometimes we also need more rest or more balance in our lives in order to reach our full potential. The ke...
What would happen if you lived each day as if your younger self was watching you? Imagine you were teaching that version of yourself everything they needed to know in life. Would you behave any differently?* If you would, what does that tell you about how you’re living your life right now? If you wo...
What does rejection mean to you? Where does your mind go when you experience rejection? For some people, rejection is a mere roadblock along the way, but for others, rejection is a dead end. They get discouraged, shut down, and give up on whatever it was they were pursuing. However, experiencing rej...
How much more effective do you think you could be if you approached everything in business through a specific frame of mind? For the last several years, our employees have individually chosen a word or phrase for which we want to filter our lives through during the year. For example, last year I cho...
It’s easy to start losing momentum after getting a taste of time-off during the end of the year. You have been working hard to meet your annual and fourth quarter goals, and you’re ready for a break. Now is not the time to give up though. Keep pushing forward, and finish out the year strong. The key...
Setting goals is not about what you get; it’s about what you have to become. Although this stems from a desire to accomplish something great, when you are setting a goal, you are stating that you believe you are the kind of person who can achieve that goal. This belief in self is powerful because al...
