The Business Problem That’s Actually a Human Problem
We Keep Reaching for the Wrong Tool I’ll say something that might be obvious but that most of us conveniently forget when things get hard: most business problems aren’t systems problems. They’re human problems. The difficult team member we keep managing around instead of talking to. The vision that feels blurry because we’ve never actually […]
The Dream-to-Do Gap (And How to Actually Cross It)
Most People Don’t Lack Vision I’ve said this before and I’ll keep saying it: most people don’t lack vision. They lack the ability to follow through on it. That’s the premise Kent Julian has built his entire career around — and it’s also, not coincidentally, a large chunk of what I wrote about in Scary […]
The Foundation You Keep Skipping
We Know What to Do. So Why Don’t We Do It? I’ve talked a lot on this show about purpose, ownership, and showing up as your best self. But there’s a foundational layer underneath all of that we don’t talk about enough — and that’s taking care of the physical vessel you’ve been given to […]
What’s Really Keeping You Stuck
What’s Really Keeping You Stuck I talk a lot on this show about ownership and purpose, and sometimes people hear that and think: okay, but how? Like, what does that actually look like when you feel completely stuck and can’t seem to move? That’s the conversation I had with Gerren Power, and he answered it […]
You’re Not Bad at Talking. You’re Bad at Clarity.
I’ll just say it: I walked away from my conversation with Steve Woodruff wanting to completely redo my introduction. And I’ve been doing this for a while. Steve is the King of Clarity — and yes, he actually goes by that, and yes, he’s earned it. His whole body of work sits on one deceptively […]
Stop It. You Know What to Do.
I’ll be honest — I almost didn’t know how to introduce Melissa Hughes on the show, because her work sits right at the intersection of everything I believe in and everything I’m still figuring out myself. Melissa works with people on personal branding and content, and what she’s found — over and over again — […]
Real Wealth Isn’t About the Money
Ppersonal finance is not my sexiest topic. I know it matters, I know I should pay more attention to it, and I know that the conventional conversation around it makes me want to take a nap. Which is exactly why I loved talking to Chris Luger. Chris is the voice behind Heavy Metal Money, and […]
What Work-Life Integration Actually Looks Like (And Why Balance Is a Myth Worth Ditching)
If you’ve spent any time in the personal development space, you’ve probably heard someone tell you to “find work-life balance.” Here’s my hot take: stop looking for it. It doesn’t exist. Balance implies two equal things on opposite ends of a scale — work on one side, life on the other — perfectly level, perfectly […]
The Stories You’ve Been Living Aren’t All Yours
Last week on No More Mondays, I interviewed Chad Peterson. Chad, who has branded himself The Story Catcher, looks at the way we live, believe, and set intention in a very unique way. There’s a moment in this conversation where Chad says something meaningful that I think many of us forget. Joy isn’t a reward. […]
When Playing It Safe Is the Least Safe Thing You Can Do
I’ll be honest — I almost blew Stephen Shapiro’s book title in the intro. You’re Not Playing with a Full Deck came out as something entirely different, and Stephen, to his credit, laughed and told me he’d done the same thing. Instant credibility. We were going to get along just fine. Stephen is an innovation […]