Listening Is Not Passive

Listening Is Not Passive

What Cycling Taught Me About Self-Awareness I used to think listening was a passive skill. Something you did while someone else talked. Something that required patience, attention, and maybe a little restraint. Then I started cycling. And I realized listening is far...
Words Are Contagious

Words Are Contagious

How the Stories We Create, Repeat, and Believe Shape Our Lives Words are contagious. So are the stories attached to them. I’ve been thinking lately about the first agreement from The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz: Be impeccable with your word. For years, I...
What You Focus on Grows

What You Focus on Grows

Over the past few months, I’ve had the privilege of sitting down with employees across our organization for one-on-one conversations. More than 90 of them. Some conversations were energizing. One person told me, “You’ve got to make time for...
A Compass, Not a Checklist

A Compass, Not a Checklist

How a Personal Mantra Helped Me Move from Surviving to Creating Over a year ago, I came up with a personal mantra: Blog. Book. Broaden. Call it a goal, a mission, a vision, or a prayer. Those three little words reminded me of what I wanted and where I was going. At...
Servant Leadership: The Leader as Domestique

Servant Leadership: The Leader as Domestique

The strongest teams don’t succeed because one person carried everyone else. They succeed because people take turns carrying each other. That’s the essence of servant leadership, and one of the most powerful lessons I’ve learned from cycling. Almost...