How Do You Lead People Who Know More Than You?
It's easy to lead when you're the smartest person in the room. It's a different skill entirely when someone on your team knows more than you do.
I Thought the Job Was to Grow the Business. It Wasn't.
Since I was 15, I lived by one rule: the business comes first. It took me years to realize I had the actual job backwards — and what changed once I saw it clearly.
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.
One Goal, Eighty Employees
I ran a team of 80 people and never stopped bagging orders myself. Here's why staying in the work — not just managing it — was the thing that actually built trust with my team, and the two shifts that changed how they showed up.
The Girl Who Had Too Many Voices
For years, I had a different voice for every room I walked into — until my brother noticed something I hadn't. This is the story of how I learned to show up as the same person everywhere, and the quick test you can run on yourself today.
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.