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Why you can’t find time ⏱
We have more than enough time. What we lack are clear goals, priorities and values to guide where we spend it.
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Take your wilderness with you 🦋
In 2021, I left the workforce and walked right into the wilderness, taking my wife, my family and my career with me. Two and a half years later, I’ve learned a few things.
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Happiness reflects. Gratitude reminds. 🔎
In a world of constant distraction, perhaps we’ve overlooked our greatest weapon against discontent: living the life you already have.
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Where’s your second seed? 🌾
Everyone tells you to “fail fast” but no one tells you what to do the next day after failure becomes a reality. I wish someone had told me to look for the second seed.
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How to build your own table 🛠
Are you staying where you’re tolerated or building a place where you’re celebrated? Maybe it’s time to stop talking about diversity and start doing diversity.
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How are you (really) doing? 😳
Mental health is about facing problems, not fixing people. Learn how to measure, monitor and protect yours.
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How will you use your 29,000? 🍂
Life is not a race but we all have a finish line. What legacy will you leave behind and how do you make each day count?
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Who is on your throne? 👑
We are all believers. Whatever we rely on most becomes our religion. Who is on your throne?
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Are you a Peacemaker or a Peacekeeper? ✌🏽
How do you initiate peace, forgiveness and reconciliation without setting yourself up for more hurt?
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How to show up for people in pain 🕊
Hope is a process, not a feeling. Often, pain creates the conditions for hope to grow. How can leaders support the suffering or grieving?
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Why you’re avoiding confrontation 🛑
Weak leaders avoid confrontation. Strong leaders are so comfortable with healthy conflict they promote, protect and model it every day.
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7 signs of weak leadership 📎
Leadership development is a $370 billion global industry. So why do so many competent, motivated people become such weak leaders?
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The #1 way to protect your team ⏰
Workaholism is a choice, not a condition. Protecting a brand or business means protecting the energy, focus and clarity of the people who run it.
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Who’s your work jerk? 🔨
Culture is defined by the worst behaviors we tolerate, not the best behaviors we celebrate.
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Why working harder doesn’t work 🔥
No one cares how hard you work. It’s your job to transform your job.
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You’re inexperienced, not unqualified 🌳
Inexperience isn’t an excuse. Being a courageous beginner can be a competitive advantage.
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How expensive is your paycheck? 💰
Relationships are the currency of real wealth. Building a financially successful life doesn’t have to come at the expense of your family.
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The 5 types of disposable jobs 🗑
Your job is temporary. How you do it becomes permanent. Is your job disposable?
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A better way to choose your job🪜
We often don’t know what job will truly satisfy us until we’re dissatisfied. Are you climbing the right ladder?