Knowing what your dream life looks like really takes a little more in depth thinking than just “Where do I want to live?” and “What do I want to do?”.

Even more important, if we want our dream life, we need a plan to get there.

The truth is many of us know the right people in our lives to listen to. We know the one’s who probably will give us the best answers, but these are not always the people we listen to. We actually listen to whoever is telling the best story.

The world is offering “mindfulness” techniques every time I turn around. Some of them are good and effective and some are quite simply garbage.

This past year has been hard, but if you choose to, you can use the cumulative effect as a superpower instead of breaking under its weight.

Disengaged employees were costing American business billions of dollars before the pandemic. With all the chaos that disengagement has grown.

Unfortunately, too many leaders forget that the mission of their team, their department, and themselves must be in submission to the mission of the organization, . . .

One of my favorite podcast leaders, Dan Miller, does not do interviews. Dan spends 48 minutes each week sharing insights and thoughts on leadership, living with passion and purpose, and making a profit on the 48 Days to the Work You Love Podcast.

So, how did I get featured on his podcast?

I was given an assignment this morning by one of my best friends, who is one of my coaches and happens to be my brother, Robert. He said, “1:20 pm. Go see A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.” In case you haven’t been yet, I will do my best not to spoil it, but let me just say it is worth every moment.

In a world of big data, it can be easy to see the numbers, but miss the story.

I can hardly believe that one day at the movies has yielded so much fruit for thought, leadership, and relationship. Today, I will conclude the lessons from my day at the movies with relationship lessons from the Fast and Furious Series movie, Hobbs and Shaw.

Passing the mantle is hard. You must give up status, influence, purpose, dreams, and realize that You are no longer the best person to fulfill the work you once believed you were called to for life. It gets even harder when you look at the new leader and you cannot understand why anyone would ever choose to put them in charge. Still, they have the influence you once had and they are everyone’s new favorite toy. What do you do?

Last week, I stumbled and didn’t begin the second series of articles from my day as scheduled. However, I did get a different lesson sent to me in the midst of it, that was not new, but a good reminder. I will share it today, then return to my series from the movies.

Leadership lessons call out to us from unexpected places, if only we have ears to hear them.

Over the last few weeks, I have been sharing from a day at the movies, specifically from the Lion King. We have considered Lessons for Young Leaders and Servant Leadership. Today I would like to share some lessons on Personal Growth.

Servant leaders are those who will bring great change and lead great organizations. Choose to serve and choose relationship today.

While this article is truly about how to optimize your leadership, it also is about relationships. These two concepts are inseparable. Great work, great influence, and a great life are all the result of who you are committed to, not what.

Many are ready, to dub him one of the greatest of all time already, but can I just say, "I'm not impressed by Kawhi Leonard's Talent!"