Transfer the weight

Delegation isn’t task distribution. It’s trust distribution. When leaders delegate but retain the mental load — tracking progress, anticipating problems, carrying the weight of success — they aren’t freeing themselves or empowering their teams. They’re simply shifting...

Who’s in that seat?

Ask a leadership team which roles they’d hesitate to refill if someone quit tomorrow—and the room often goes quiet. Not because they don’t know. But saying it out loud means confronting a harsh truth: someone on the team isn’t essential. And that’s not just their...

Chasing butterflies

Those butterflies – they’re messengers. Not warning signals. They don’t say “run away.” They whisper, “Pay attention, this matters.” Most people avoid this feeling. They’ve crafted a comfortable existence where...

Daily deposits

“How do you write every day?” People ask this about the daily musing we’ve sent for years. The answer isn’t willpower or extraordinary discipline. It’s small, consistent deposits. I don’t write one email each morning. I write one or...

Embrace hard

Why fight what makes your role essential? The challenge you’re facing is precisely why you’re there. You stepped up because it’s hard. If it were easy, anyone could do it. Accept the difficulty. It’s not just part of the job—it’s the...