[MONDAY MINDSET]: They Brought a Dead Drug Back to Life
Happy Monday Mindset! Here is a big story you might have missed this week. Vancomycin is the antibiotic doctors reach for when nothing else works. The last line of defense. Then certain bacteria learned to shrug it off, the drug stopped saving people, and the field moved on to hunt for a replacement. This month, […]
[LL]: Humble Enough to Learn. Confident Enough to Lead.
Hey Leader 🙌 Just as the World Cup wrapped last week, I just wrapped a 12-week training challenge with a friend, HQ teammate, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu master James Robinson. He has been on the mats for nearly 15 years, will earn his black belt in March, and by any honest standard, he already fights above […]
[MONDAY MINDSET]: Nobody Won the World Cup Yesterday
Happy Monday Mindset! Yesterday, the entire world was watching. Ninety minutes came and went with nothing settled. So Spain and Argentina kept fighting deep into extra time, until Spain scored a thrilling goal by Ferran Torres with 10 minutes left in overtime. However, my friend Alwyn Cosgrove said something that stuck with me: Nobody won […]
[LL]: The Two Things Every Great Leader Understands About People
Hey Leader 🙌 Here is a paradox that separates good leaders from great ones: your people are all the same, and all different, at the exact same time. Same, because human nature is universal. Everyone wants to be seen. Everyone wants to matter. Everyone fears being exposed as not enough. Miss those universal truths, and […]
[MONDAY MINDSET]: Messi Or Ronaldo? The Answer Changes Everything
Happy Monday Mindset! My mother-in-law asked me a simple question: who is better, Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo? I did not answer it. I asked her one instead. What do you admire most? Because the two of them are not the same kind of great. Messi is Superman. He was born with the powers. Watching him […]
[LL]: What Japan Teaches About Leadership When No One Is Watching 🇯🇵
Hey Leader 🙌 Japan just lost to Brazil in the World Cup last week. But here is the thing. Their fans stayed anyway. Not to protest. Instead, to clean the stadium. Trash bags in hand, row by row, tidying a house that was never theirs to keep. Sit with that. They lost, and their response […]
[MONDAY MINDSET]: Freedom Is Not What You Think It Is
Happy Monday Mindset! 250 years ago this past weekend, a group of men signed their names to what the most powerful empire on earth saw as a death warrant. They were not desperate. Many were wealthy and comfortable. They bet all of it against the largest military on earth, and they knew the odds. Here […]
[LL]: The Sunday I Did Not Want to Show Up
Hey Leader 🙌 I crossed a lifelong dream off the list this past week. Watching the USA men’s national team in a World Cup match at SoFi Stadium with Tatiana was everything I hoped it would be and more. The experience had some drama with some drunk Turkish fans, which is the setup for an […]
[MONDAY MINDSET]: Feeling Overwhelmed Is A Privilege
Happy Monday Mindset! I was feeling overwhelmed last week with a lot of things on my plate. Maybe you can relate. Then I stopped and remembered an email that my friend Chris Cavallini wrote, which I’ve included below. It rewired my mindset, and figured you would too. – Feeling overwhelmed is a privilege. It means […]
[LL]: Memento Mori (USA vs Türkiye)
Hey Leader 🙌 I have a confession. I almost talked myself out of the trip. It turns out that Tatiana and I will watch the USA take on Türkiye at SoFi here in Los Angeles this week. World Cup, on home soil, in my backyard. A bucket-list moment as a lifelong fan of the “Beautiful […]