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Be Wary of Predictions – Why Alignment Outlasts Forecasts
We are terrible at predicting the future, but very good at letting predictions shape our behavior. That gap matters more than we’d like to admit. Predictions rarely arrive as neutral observations. They come wrapped in authority, data, confidence, and often urgency. They promise structure in a world that feels unstable. And because humans are wired…
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Success is not a Prize
I’ve been asking one question for most of my life: What makes some people successful — and why doesn’t it happen for many? It’s a question that has followed me through every career shift, every reinvention, every late-night notebook filled with plans and “next steps.” I’ve had glimpses of success — those seasons when everything…
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What to do when we Feel Estranged from Ourselves
There are days when you can’t quite locate you. Not the professional who knows what to say in a meeting, or the facilitator who helps others find alignment — but the person beneath all of that. The part of you that remembers what it feels like to be connected, grounded, whole. And when that part…
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Bragging is Allowed
When you read/saw this title – did it make you feel uncomfortable? The thought of you bragging? Did it go against the grain of everything you know to be true? Did thoughts of pride and falling surface? Some days your ego shows up like a karaoke star—Notice me. Applaud me. Hand me the mic. It…
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How Unkindness to Self Leaks into How We Lead
The way we lead ourselves, sets the tone for how we lead others and how we treat ourselves inevitably spills over into how we treat everyone else. In the Bible’s book of Esther, there’s a man named Haman. He’s consumed with ego, resentment, and the need to be recognized. When one man, Mordecai, refuses to…
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your sacred autobiography
Do you sometimes feel as if you know where you’re going and at other times feel so radically inadequate that you’re too embarrassed to say? Despite having done well on formal tests or perhaps performed poorly and worldly success continues to elude you – I am sure that you have already come to the realization…
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don’t wait…
Many times we remain stuck, mostly because we want guarantees that our next step will bring us exactly what we want. We want control. Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman share: We don’t control many of the things we pursue in life – yet we become angry, sad, hurt, scared or jealous when we don’t get…

