Reflections

There's a version of survival that looks remarkably like success. You're functioning. You're delivering. People come to you with problems and you solve them. You show up and you do the thing — whatever the thing is — and you do it well. And if someone asks how you're...

There's a leadership skill nobody puts in the curriculum. It doesn't show up in MBA programs. It's not in the highlight reel. It won't trend on TikTok because it looks, from the outside, like nothing at all.  It's the pause. Camille Miller — founder of the Soul...

Nobody plans the moment that changes them. Not in business. Not in leadership. Not in any of the places where we've convinced ourselves that if we just prepare enough, learn enough, control enough — we'll be ready when it counts. Chris Shurian didn't plan on herniated...

Alyssa Liu didn't come back to figure skating because she had unfinished business. She came back because she missed it. That's the part that gets glossed over in the highlight reels. Everyone wants to talk about the gold medal, the comeback narrative, the technical...

There's a phrase I keep coming back to. Presence begins where primal and purpose meet. It took me years to land on that sentence. It couldn't be rushed. It had to be lived—through every coaching session, every stage, every moment I watched someone step into their...

Are masterminds dead? Or are they just… outdated? There was a time when getting in a room with other smart people and exchanging ideas was everything. Advice. Strategies. “Here’s what worked for me.” But we’re living in a different world now. With the rise of AI,...

There’s a kind of leadership that doesn’t follow the plan. It follows the pulse of what’s needed in each moment. Untamed leadership. I’ve been seeing that more clearly lately. It was 2007. Just as I stepped up to do my final teaching demo as part of my Fitzmaurice...

Most people think of speaking as a necessary evil.Most people also believe that sitting on a meditation cushion is the only way to raise consciousness. Here’s the truth: Learning to speak soulfully is also a spiritual path.One that’s just as powerful — and just as...

I’m often asked: “How do I be more funny when I speak?”Or, “How important is humor in public speaking?” The short answer?Humor is important. But not for the reasons most people think. Humor is powerful when it’s aligned with who you are and the impact you want to...