How to Name Your Core Values (Even If You Think You Already Have)
After fifteen years with the same three core values, one coaching exercise showed me they’d refined, not disappeared, and that I had more to add. Here’s why naming your values matters, and how to actually do it.
The Productivity Stack I've Spent Years Building
A leadership coach's real productivity stack, five tools with one job each, drafted with a baby on her hip, with links to every one.
The Next Step is Enough
I kept waiting for clarity on the whole path before I'd take a single step. It never came all at once. What I learned about action changed how I make decisions now.
Done Is Better Than Perfect
I make lists of my lists. For years I told myself that was thoroughness until I realized it was actually a very organized way of avoiding starting at all.
The Word My Sister Used to Describe Me
My 8-year-old sister once described me in one word: "Stressed." It took a eulogy exercise to make me realize that word was becoming my legacy. Here's what I actually changed once I stopped treating margin as a nice-to-have.
The Rich Young Man Who Almost Had It All
There's an old story about a man who had checked every box — until one ask revealed what he actually valued. It's stuck with me for years, and it's changed how I look at my own decisions as a leader. Here's the test I now run before I call something a value.
Whatever You Focus On, Increases
In 2015, my restaurant had exactly one goal on the wall — a number, not a mission statement. What happened next taught me more about leadership focus than any framework I've read since. Here's the filter I still use for every hard decision.