Start with the People at Your Table
There is a strange thing about ambition. It can make distant goals look clear while the people sitting next to you become slightly blurred. You can spend hours planning a […]
What Does Your Family Receive from Your Success?
There is a question I wish I had asked myself when I was chasing business success with the energy of a man trying to outrun a swarm of angry wasps. […]
No Child Frames Your Profit and Loss Statement
There is a sentence I wish someone had said to me years ago, preferably while standing between me and my office door with the firm kindness of a nightclub bouncer. […]
The Success Trap: Why Winning at Work Can Cost You Everything at Home
There is a strange sort of madness that can overtake a driven person. You start with good intentions. You want to provide. You want to build something. You want to […]
The Chalkboard That Beat the Night Shift: What One Small Competition Teaches Us About Leadership
There are few things more depressing than a workplace where nobody cares. The lights are on. The coffee is dreadful. The printer is making a noise that suggests it has […]
Stop Wishing, Start Winning: 10 Game-Changing Ways to Set Goals That Actually Happen
Most people are not short of goals. They are short of follow-through. They want to get fit, write the book, grow the business, fix the finances, sort the house, learn […]
If Your Leadership Falls Apart When No One Is Watching, It Was Never Leadership
A great many people like the sound of leadership far more than the substance of it. They enjoy the title, the LinkedIn update, the slightly more upright posture in meetings, […]
Knocked Down? Good. Here’s How to Get Back Up Stronger
Life has a way of interrupting your plans. One minute, you feel in control, ticking off tasks, moving forward, doing all the “right” things. The next, something shifts. A deal […]
Stop Playing Small: Train Your Mind to Grow, Not Coast
At some point, most people settle, and it rarely happens in a dramatic or obvious way. There is no big decision, no announcement, no clear moment where you say, “This […]
Stop Drifting Through Life: Set Your Direction and Start Moving
Many people say they want success. Fewer people decide where they are actually going. They work hard, stay busy, and fill their calendars. At the end of the week, they […]