Three Ways to Deliver Any Message
This coming Monday is Presidents' Day in the United States, a national holiday to honor leaders who helped establish and positively shape the country (and possibly do some retail sales...
Stop Giving Feedback, Start Delivering Information
If you’ve been a Thought Partner for a while, you know I’ve preached about the impact the word "feedback" has on our neurons. The mention of the word activates cognitive...
Only One To-Do Today
We've spent the past month exploring how to build stronger personal habits and solid foundations. If you’ve missed any of these TPFs, you can find them here.Today, I'll ask you to do...
Winning the Morning and Replenishing the Afternoon
The first hours of your day hold disproportionate power over the rest. It’s not that mornings are magical; it’s that they are YOURS. Mornings precede the urgency of others, calendar...
Stop Fixing Yourself. Start Leveraging Yourself.
Your weaknesses will never be your superpowers. Full stop. When was the last time you felt completely in flow at work? When did time disappear? When did you realize you'd...
Outsmarting Bad Habits
Bad habits don't announce themselves. They sidle up quietly, offering instant gratification while slowly draining leadership effectiveness. Before you know it, you're checking email during strategy sessions, interrupting your team...
Escaping the Black Hole
Advanced Notice: This message is not about setting goals, starting the New Year off with a bang, or vision board planning. It's about negativity.It's my experience that some of us start...
Stop Sabotaging Your Own Peace
This is our final Thought Partner of 2025! Can you believe it, *|FNAME|*?(Yes, I'm giving your inbox and myself a break next week!)We've all been there—lying awake at 2 AM, replaying...
Navigating the Overwhelm
What are your thoughts on the statement in the picture? Some of us think we can do everything.Some of us think we can do everything, just not all at the...
Using Questions Wisely
We're entering the final month of the year. It's hard to believe another year of Thought Partners has come and gone!As we begin to wind down the calendar year and...