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What Defines You: The Hero or the Shadow? (Part I)

May 4, 2023
You may be like me, where you serve many roles or titles in your career and life, but underneath titles, who you are is much deeper than the roles you serve. For me, it took a crucible moment – divorce, as it does many –
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Setting a Better Course for Yourself

February 23, 2023
In my experience, February is usually the month where people run into the wall of reality in their efforts to make changes in the new year. It may seem like a painful question to consider, but do you know why you’ve failed so far? Obviously,
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Be a Strengths Finder

January 11, 2023
A defining event early in my career was the day a manager said he saw leadership potential in me. He was willing to invest in me because of that, which gave me a huge amount of confidence. That confidence, in turn, allowed me to see
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Closing Loops and Overcoming Procrastination

November 18, 2022
I‘m not sure if you are like me, but I recently reflected on the personal impact of breaking promises to myself. You know, the ones where no one else knows but yourself. ‘Hey – I didn’t commit this to anyone else, it’s not hurting anything
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Getting Personal with Customers: You Can’t Create Trust without Connection

September 7, 2022
Just curious… have you ever heard the advice from a boss to leave your problems at home?  I have and if you are like me, I became the king of compartmentalizing. We tend to separate business and personal, keeping home life in a different compartment
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Authenticity and Innovation in Team Leadership

August 30, 2022
When I bought my company, I became its CEO and was very focused on trying to prove myself to my new employees. There was an image I constantly worked to portray of the knowledgeable, tenacious leader. I wanted to always say the right thing and
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4 Kinds of Energy

July 6, 2022
What it Means to Cultivate Infectious Energy Among the most important skills I’ve learned in my entrepreneurial journey is how to manage my energy. I want my energy to be infectious because I want to make a positive impact on everyone I come into contact
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Leading the Charge: How I Inspire My Team

May 2, 2022
I work to inspire my team the same way I’ve learned to inspire myself: by using every tool at my disposal to manage my energy.  I lead by example and teach along the way, reminding everyone that there are three or four big things in
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The Power Unleashed By Sense of Purpose

March 21, 2022
Ikigai and the Energy Unleashed by Identifying Your Purpose Entrepreneurs are often dubious about “personal growth” activities like identifying their sense of purpose or spending time getting to know themselves. It all sounds new-agey and beside the point.  “My purpose is to make money with