I am a devoted follower of the Finding Mastery podcast by Michael Gervais. His work served as the catalyst for launching my own podcast seven years ago. He frequently presents the following question to his podcast guests, a query that consistently occupies my thoughts.
“Where does pressure come from?”
Read MoreStop being so sensitive. I can hear my brother’s voices as 13-year-old Brian is starting to become a man. I hear it in my fraternity brothers while in college. And I can even hear it in my friends and people that are closest to me today. As long as I can remember, I have felt that sensitivity has been part of my wiring; in my DNA, so to speak. As a kid, I didn’t know what to do with it. I could feel things others seemingly didn’t, or at least they didn’t acknowledge they did. I was emotional. Boys are often told to be stoic. Brush it off. Don’t cry. Be tough. Heck, forget being tough, you just are tough. Like sensitivity, it’s part of your wiring.
Read MoreThere’s an old adage that has always resonated with me: “If you are the smartest person in the room, you are in the wrong room.” As someone who was never considered gifted and talented when it came to academics, I haven’t been in this “wrong room” very often. But I have often thought about how I can relentlessly pursue conversations with people smarter than myself to become smarter (see my Intentional Performers Podcast).
Read MoreWhat’s your number? What amount of money do you need to have to not make professional decisions based on money? It’s a simple question that many don’t know the answer to. It’s a question I ask most of my clients. While people say that money doesn’t drive their decision making, I find for many, it does. Take a moment and answer the question.
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