[AIYA] Endure It (Curiosity)
Happy Monday! We learned the 4 moves on how to Turn Adversity Into Your Advantage. And that the 2nd part is to “Endure it.” Enduring it requires growth. Within this growth phase, 3 practices have helped me and will do the same for you. The first? Cultivate Curiosity Curiosity is the starting point of all…
read moreLeadership Lesson: Humility
Humility is a characteristic of strong leadership that attracts. The world saw this on full display last Thursday, when Pope Leo XIV, the first American Pope and “Bob” to his family/friends, initially greeted the world in both Italian and Spanish. He is fluent in both languages, which is beyond impressive to me, despite speaking American…
read more[AIYA] Endure It
Happy Monday! We learned the 4 moves on how to Turn Adversity Into Your Advantage. Today, I’m going to hit on #2: Endure it! How do you do this? Once you’ve embraced the truth, now comes the real test: Can you stay in it long enough to grow through it? This is where self-mastery is…
read moreLeadership Lesson: Communication Management
One critical and challenging part of leadership is managing communication with your team. The higher levels of leadership you go, the more bad news you receive. Why? The leader of every department or company is tasked with solving the biggest constraint of the department or organization. What’s better? Leadership is an ongoing process of solving…
read more[AIYA] Embrace It
Happy Monday! Last week, we learned the 4 moves on how to Turn Adversity Into Your Advantage. Today, I’m going to hit on #1: Embrace It! How do you do this? To truly change, you must hit rock bottom. Sads bad, which it is. However, rock bottom is a gift. It doesn’t feel like it…
read moreLeadership Lesson: The Process
The last 2 weeks have been busy. We just executed my 24th leadership quarterly meeting with our EOS implementor, Brian Underhill. We analyzed our Q1. We looked at what worked and what opportunities we have to improve. We then plotted the course for Q2, as we live in a 90-day world. This 90-day process has…
read more[AIYA] How to Adopt the Adversity Is Your Advantage Mindset
Happy Monday! Check this out.. I’ve spent the last 18 months reflecting on my 4 decades on this planet with a project top of mind. There’s been plenty of good, bad, and ugly. With reflection, 1 guiding principle in my life has been to adopt a mindset that adversity is my advantage. Why? Because it…
read moreLeadership Lesson: 2 Pillars of Leadership
I am in the process of writing my first leadership book, which is set to release in late Q4. More specifically, Im working with an editor to crystallize the content I have poured on hundreds of pages over 12+ months of Sunday writing sessions. My initial intent was to write a book about leading others.…
read more[MM]: This is my Last Monday Mindset Message [Bittersweet]
Happy Monday Mindset! Today, I share bittersweet news. This is my final one after 8 years and 485 Monday Mindset newsletters. That’s the bitter news. The sweet news? The journey doesn’t end—it evolves. 🙂 Introducing “Adversity is Your Advantage,” a new brand carrying the torch forward. Why? My core mindset belief, rooted in Stoic philosophy,…
read moreLeadership Lesson: Leaders Create A Strong Feedback Culture
This lesson hit home, so please pay special attention. 2 weeks ago, Barrett and I hosted my dear friend Petra on a Fit Body Mastermind call. Petra is a survivor of the hard socialist rule of East Germany. She was 22 years old when the Berlin Wall fell. On November 9, 1989, she waited 5+…
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