People like easily quantified measures of success – money, degrees, awards, followers. They’re simple and straightforward. The more you have, the better you’re doing. At least in theory. Reality is a little more complicated. You can be financially secure but lonely. Highly productive but purposeless. Successful but depleted. So how do we go from looking…

Modern workplaces love their KPIs, deadlines, deliverables — anything we can use to quantify success. And while shareholders might get all fired up when they see those numbers move in the right direction, for the people doing the work, it really isn’t enough. We need more than a number and a target to do our…

Ambitious people often credit their success to a strong inner critic. They take pride in “stayinghungry” and talk about complacency likeit’san existential threat. But that same voice can steal the joy from our happiest moments – moments in life where we should feel proud andaccomplished, but all we can see are the little missteps we…

Do you feel that you’re creating the future for yourself and your team? Or are you spending your time just reacting to the crisis of the day? While it’s critical to keep the ship from sinking, we also need to do some work to ensure that we’re steering the ship in the right direction. This…

Everyone knows that our health is fundamental to our whole experience of life. So why does it always seem like it’s the first thing to get deprioritized when life gets busy? And when we do try to make it a priority, why does it feel like our efforts don’t lead to meaningful change? This episode,…

Youdon’tneedanyoneto tell youthatworking out is hard.That’sthe whole point. But for many of us, the hardest partisn’tphysically liftingthe weightsor running the laps. It’s getting to the gym in the first place.It’sknowing that we can do hard things.It’sstaying motivated to keep working at it, even when day to day progress feels hard to measure. So how do…

New relationships are hard for a reason – no trust.You’restarting from scratchwith nocommon understanding, no established shared goals, or history of goodwill. Everyone’sfeeling vulnerable.Butalsosuspicious. It feels hard to take risks or even just relax and be yourself. So, how do we get past the awkwardness and start building trust? Or rebuild it afterit’sbeen lost? This…

Everyone loves a good leader. But they’re often held up as these singular examples of success, vision, inspiration, and perseverance. And we struggle to learn from their stories and distill them into a practical, repeatable blueprint for good leadership.   This episode, we’re joined by Dr. James Hebl, Medical Director for Leadership and Talent Development at…

Self-care is one of the most commonly used, but poorly understood concepts today. For some, it brings to mind indulgence, luxury, or performative wellness culture. For others, it feels selfish, soft, or unrealistic. However, self-care, when done properly, helps fuel us to be our best selves and will maximize performance gains and achievement.   Our expert…

Life offers plenty of nice, concrete, mostly attainable goals for us to chase and boxes to check – good job, life partner, maybe a house, maybe kids. But that’s also the classic recipe for a midlife crisis: you work your butt off to get a bunch of those boxes checked only to find yourself exhausted…