Have you created a Brilliance Margin in your life? The Brilliance Margin is a self-perceived measure of difference between your brilliance and capabilities to that of someone else. Where a Brilliance Margin exists, so does some kind of paralysis or inaction on our...
personal development
An Exploration of Personal Power
What does it mean to be personally powerful? The generic definition goes something like this: the ability to do something or act in a particular way. Yet we have so many different definitions, ways, and thoughts around power. There’s the internal demonstration of...
Redefining Success with Katie Rasoul
As many of you know, Katie Rasoul is my co-host for The Life and Leadership Podcast. We took some time to talk recently about her new book, Hidden Brilliance: A High-Achieving Introvert’s Guide to Self-Discovery, Leadership and Playing Big, and learn more about her...
Why Ruminating is Dangerous
Rumination is the focused attention on the symptoms of your distress, and on its possible causes and consequences, as opposed to its solutions. It isn't unusual for us to do this. In fact, sometimes it is healthy to revisit the factors of an event, situation or...
Consciousness with Reverend Lola Wright
In this episode of the Life and Leadership podcast, I was honored to have Reverend Lola Wright as our guest. Lola is a subject matter expert on consciousness as well as the Spiritual Director at Bodhi Spiritual Center, a preeminent mindfulness-based community...
A Crash Course on the Imposter Syndrome
I work with high-performing leaders and organizations that are in hyper-growth mode. Despite their great success, many talented leaders are suffering privately-secretly-because they are unaware that they are not alone in their struggle with the Imposter Syndrome....
What if Your Next Growth Opportunity is Right in Front of Your Face?
As we progress in our careers, finding true challenges that stretch and grow us seem to be fewer and farther in between. After you’ve “been there and done that” for a while, there isn’t much that surprises you or that feels out of your reach in terms of solutioning....
Don’t Pull on the Door You’re Meant to Push
I had the pleasure of speaking to a group of close to 100 executives recently about an 18-month business process transformation I co-created with one of my clients on how to redesign their inner workings and grow from $200M to $500M. I also continually chat dozens of...
Refresh and Reset Anytime of Year
It’s inevitable and it’s my favorite time of year: reflection and New Year’s! But, you don’t have to wait until January for permission to engage in thoughtful reflection, happy planning, and goal setting. The value is as much in the process of planning as the actual...
The Power and Importance of Reflection
I just love the opportunity to reflect on what has passed and undergo an analysis of what I would like to leave behind. Most importantly, I like to carefully select what I’m bringing forward with me, and on what I will stay laser-focused on in the coming months. One...