Mental systems

We complain about lacking time, but what we really lack are effective systems. Your morning routine—brushing teeth, getting dressed—happens without deliberation. No decision fatigue. Yet that email sitting in your inbox? You read, close, reopen, agonize, and postpone....

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...

Character before competence

Last May, when Leeds United lost their Premier League promotion bid at Wembley Stadium, something remarkable happened. Instead of letting players disperse into their private pain, manager Daniel Farke gathered his devastated team for what was supposed to be a victory...

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...

Guard the gold

You wake up fresh. Brain clear. Possibilities abundant. Then you check email. By 10am, you’ve responded to seventeen messages, attended a pointless status meeting, and handled three “quick questions” that weren’t quick at all. Congratulations....