Is it possible to know your business so well that you can't see it clearly anymore? This 20-minute exercise can help you spot what you've stopped noticing.
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Every year as head of school, I set the same goal: get into more classrooms. Every year, something got in the way. Here's why important goals stall quietly, and three fixes you can start this week.
I was the most qualified person in my coaching cohort, and I still wasn’t accepted as a coach. The reason exposed a trap that catches most capable leaders: correcting when they should be coaching.
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Twenty-four hours into a fast, I had every reason to stop, and nobody would have blamed me. I kept going to 36. Here's why, and what it taught me about how leaders' standards slip one reasonable excuse at a time.
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Years ago, a conference asked me to teach the most “basic” topic on my list. Both sessions were standing room only. Here’s what that taught me about the skills teachers, and leaders, most want help with.
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As a principal, I was first in and last out, and I wore the hours like proof that I mattered. Here's what that scoreboard really cost, and what I measure now.
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Ever notice how your mind whispers "just a small snack" two hours after lunch, even though you're not actually hungry? Or how it screams "stop!" during a workout — long before your body has hit its real limit? Or how it talks you out of the bold move, the big ask, the risk — because "you're probably not good enough anyway"?
That's not weakness. That's wiring.
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Today's fast day marks a tragedy the Jewish people brought on themselves, not their enemies. A trusted governor ignored a credible warning, was murdered, and the fallout ended any near-term hope of restoration — a 2,500-year-old lesson in why trust and verification have to work together.
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Your biggest obstacle to sales isn't competition — it's comparison. Here's why the businesses that stop chasing the field and start becoming incomparable are the ones that win.
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