We spend so much of life chasing goals that we forget to ask the question that actually matters: Why am I doing all this? At some point, success stops being the answer. Titles, trophies, paychecks, applause — they feel good, but not whole. And when the noise fades, you start to wonder if maybe you’ve been achieving instead of aligning. Purpose isn’t a destination. It’s a direction.It ’s the heartbeat underneath everything that feels right — and the tension you feel when somet

When someone on your team is going through a rough time — a loss, burnout, family crisis, or just a wave of exhaustion — it’s tempting to rush in with the words we think  will make it better. We mean well. But often, we end up minimizing, rescuing, or rushing the person instead. The truth? Most leaders were never taught how  to communicate when emotion shows up. We were trained to manage performance, not pain. To fix, not to feel. To keep the meeting on track, not the human i

Me at Legoland next to “Build Your Own Destiny.” Spoiler: the same rules apply to your life as to LEGO — you build it one brick, one...