Two Incompatible Things
The most useful definition of stress I've encountered is also the simplest: stress is the internal state of wanting two incompatible things at the same time.
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The Long Game of Character
Character isn't a moral ideal. It's a filter. And over enough time, it's the most powerful one you have.
The Engine That Runs You
There's a question I've started using with clients that sounds simple but tends to land hard: What's actually driving you right now?
The Reputation You Have With Yourself
I've started thinking about self-esteem differently in that it is the reputation you have with yourself. Not confidence as a personality trait or positive self-talk, but something more structural.
Present In The Room
There's a line of thinking I keep coming back to: the idea that time isn't wasted by what you're doing, but by whether you're actually there for it.
The Operator's Guide to Morning Pages
I've been recommending something to the leaders I coach that sounds almost too simple to be useful: twenty minutes of longhand writing, first thing in the morning.