July 18, 2025 | Read Online “Rest is not a luxury; it is a necessity.” ― Dr. Lucas D. Shallua Guilt-Free Getaways: How to Vacation Like a High PerformerI'm writing this a week early because when you read it, I'll be wandering the Scottish Highlands, sampling peaty beverages, and maybe convincing Wendy that a kilt is appropriate business attire back home. I didn't feel guilty about scheduling this time away. And neither should you about your next vacation. All high performers eventually learn...
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I’m sure many of you have been following the floods that swept through the Texas Hill Country over 4th of July weekend. We’re heartbroken over the lives lost and homes destroyed. If you’d like to help, please consider donating to the Kerr County Flood Relief Fund, which is run by The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country, a 501(c)(3). Thank you. 🙏 July 11, 2025 | Read Online “You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling...
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July 04 2025 | Read Online “Freedom lies in being bold.” —Robert Frost The Freedom Audit: Declare Your Independence from What's Holding You Back Over the years, I’ve had hundreds of people ask me, “What do you think my ONE Thing is?” My answer is always the same: “Only you can answer that question.” But here’s the challenge. If you’re not authentically living your own life, you can’t possibly identify your ONE Thing. Bronnie Ware spent years caring for people in their final weeks of life. In...
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June 27, 2025 | Read Online “What got you here won't get you there.” – Marshall Goldsmith The Competency Trap In this week’s The ONE Thing podcast, I interviewed Brandon Turner. He shared something that was a mirror I didn’t expect. Brandon had just finished telling me about acquiring $300 million worth of real estate in three years. I was digesting that absolutely staggering accomplishment when he said something that stopped me cold. “I had to sell my tools, though. That's how I got out. I...
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June 20, 2025 | Read Online “We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves”― Pema Chödrön The Leadership Mistake I Made (and You Probably Do Too) In 2017, I delivered a workshop on The ONE Thing for the leadership team at Delta Galil, a global leader in innovative apparel design and manufacturing. During the Q&A, several executives requested additional coaching on work-life balance. They had big jobs managing divisions and brands during...
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June 13, 2025 | Read Online “In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.” — Coco Chanel The Red Sneakers Effect: How Strategic Nonconformity Builds Your Personal Brand When Jenny Wood arrived for her interview on The ONE Thing podcast, she sported a pair of dazzling sneakers. “I love your shoes,” I blurted, even though I’m not really a shoe person. They were just remarkable without being obnoxious. Jenny embodies one of the traits she writes about in Wild Courage –Weird. It’s...
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June 06, 2025 | Read Online “A healthy loyalty is not passive and complacent, but active and critical.” — Harold Laski The Dog Who Waited 9 Years (and Why You Shouldn't) Every morning at 6 a.m., Hachikō would walk his owner, Professor Hidesaburō Ueno, to Shibuya Station in Tokyo. And every evening at 3 p.m., the faithful Akita would return to wait for the professor's train. This routine continued for over a year until May 21, 1925, when Professor Ueno suffered a cerebral hemorrhage at work...
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May 30, 2025 | Read Online “We suffer more in imagination than in reality.” – Seneca The Nocebo Effect – The Side Effects of Negative Thinking I remember taking Gus to get his first round of shots at eight weeks. He was just starting to smile. Anxious, sleep-deprived parents always remember those first smiles–the first rewards of parenting. A vote of approval from the tiny being you’re clumsily caring for. Gus was grinning up at me, cooing and slobbering like a drunk pirate on shore leave...
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May 23, 2025 | Read Online “This feels hard because it is hard, not because you're failing.” – Dr. Becky Kennedy Reframing Leadership One of the best leadership books I read last year was Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy. Here’s the thing. It’s not a leadership manifesto or a management how-to. It’s a parenting guide. One of her core ideas is that two things can be true. You can have a good kid who is having a hard time. And you can be a good parent who is having a hard time. How is that...
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