Season 2

Four people pissed me off this week. Four other people made me feel amazing. Guess which four my brain wanted to obsess over? That’s negativity bias at work. We’re wired to pay more attention to threats, criticism, rejection, and things that hurt. The problem starts when one bad conversation doesn’t...

I learned this lesson the painful way. I built a successful agency, became the person everyone needed, and eventually ran that business into the ground. I thought being indispensable made me a great leader. What I had really built was dependency. If every decision, approval, problem, and question st...

There’s a big difference between generosity that builds your value and generosity that quietly tears it down. I learned this lesson the hard way. When you give discounts, extras, or freebies because you’re afraid someone might say no, you’re not just lowering the price. You’re teaching people what t...

Some lessons are worth hearing again, especially when the patterns holding us back are the ones we can’t see. I’m bringing this conversation back as an encore because your blind spots don’t always disappear once you’ve spotted them. They can show up in new forms, at new levels, and right when you th...

You know the thing you should be doing. You’ve probably known for days, maybe weeks. But knowing doesn’t mean your butt is actually going to get out of the chair and do it. I’ve learned that trying to force myself through work I hate rarely works. My brain is way too good at finding something else t...