BLOG ARTICLES
Stories, Ideas, and Tools to Take with you.
Essays on storytelling, strategy, and the art of leading with purpose. New thinking, every other week.
Taking Agency Over Your Story
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the human *my tendency to ruin a day worrying about something that never materializes.
My Out of Office Message
In graphic design, white space is a term used to keep the client from filling all the ad space with text and images. “Can we add a few more images,” they say.
Losing Your Mojo
The other morning, a friend asked me how I stay inspired and creative. We were skinning up a mountain in the backcountry of British Columbia.
The Perfect Week
What does the perfect week look like to you? I am part of a program called thought Leaders Business School and have a tribe of people I get together with on a weekly basis.
Setting up Systems for Progress
It’s Time to Go On Vacation and owe George an essay so this is what you get, systems that set you up for success.I’ve had so many conversations around this model lately. Asking people where they fall on it and what they need to do to get to the upper righthand quadrant.
Back to the Singletrack: the key to focus
You know when you are trying to get somewhere and your cell service is spotty and you wish you had entered the directions before you left the house?
Like Water: resilience and creative problem-solving
David on Season 7 of MasterChef made it as far as the final five when he nearly gave up and walked out. If you aren't familiar, MasterChef is a contest to find the best home cook in America. Auditions take place throughout the country, and the top 100 make it to the screening where 20 are given the "coveted white apron" and continue on to compete. Each week, the cooks are subjected to rigorous challenges in which one cook is eliminated. To make it to final five is no small feat - the amount of talent and the mental strength you need to strategically weave your way through each challenge is daunting.
