Winning needs to be your #1 focus as the desired outcome as a leader.  In fact, you have a duty, obligation and responsibility to your team and clients to keep this as your north star.  Although 2 things can also be true. The 2nd is that you also must realize that no leader can do…

Spoiler Alert! As a leader, you do NOT have to have the best idea. Release yourself from the burden. Also, humble yourself.  Instead.. Realize that as a leader, your job is to aggregate the BEST idea to serve your team & clients. Sometimes that’s yours. Sometimes it’s not. And that’s OK! You must stay HUMBLE.…

SPOILER ALERT!! Leadership is NOT about making people happy.  It’s about helping them. Very basic concept, but extremely profound. Why is this challenging? Because when you lead someone, the truth is many sometimes they won’t be happy with you. But that’s ok and is your job as a leader. Need an example that universally relates?…

Over the last few weeks, we have learned about the 4 pillars of Stoic Philosophy. Why is this important? In leadership, you need to control your internal thoughts/mind.  As your thoughts/mind control your actions.  And your actions control your results. Success is an inside job, my friend. And when you use the 4 virtues of…

Moderation or Temperance is the 4th stoic virtue. I intentionally left it until the end. Why? Candidly, I struggle with most with this being I am recovering alcoholic & addict. Thus, I  cannot talk with an overwhelming amount of authority here.  That’s the ugly truth.  And while in some ways I have improved drastically, in…

Justice is defined by the Merriam Webster dictionary as: the quality of being impartial, or fair. Justice is an incredibly valuable virtue especially since life is not fair. In fact, anyone telling you otherwise, should not be trusted.  As a leader you have to strive for justice in order to support your team, clients and…