What’s the deal with Psychedelics? Why is everyone talking about them!?
Those were a few of the questions I hoped to answer in the open conversation I hosted last week with two experts in the field

How can we change course while also accepting who we were or how we acted in the past?

When I was a teenager - I was a skater. At the time I had no idea how much I would learn from skating and how much it would influence who I am today.

I know that when I am feeling confident in what I bring to the table - that is when I am at my best. But that confidence has to come from within first - it can’t be reliant on other people.

That intention so pervades the way I interact socially that I often see it bleed into my professional relationships.

Is this all there is? Is this job really what my career has come to?

That question has been coming up frequently with my friends and clients lately.

I don’t sleep enough.

From everything I’ve read – getting a solid 8 hours of sleep a night is good for basically everything – your mental health, your physical health, stress, long life, happiness – you name it.

Through your career, have you changed your behaviors to fit into a career that excites you? Or have you pursued a career that excites you because of how much it fits your existing behaviors?

Lately I’ve been noticing how trained I am to optimize. I hear business ideas or challenges and my brain goes into problem solving - efficiency creation mode. How can we get the most output with the least investment? 

As a coach I think a lot about outcomes - goals, successes, achievements etc.  You know, the headlines we all are gunning for.  The ones we share about on Linked In…  

How do you respond in moments of crisis? What do you build from those lows? How does that impact your future?

One of the most difficult conversations to have as a coach is a conversation where a client realizes something along the lines of “this is totally out of my hands.” 

What strategies do you use to hold yourself accountable? If you’re like me - other people are the most effective accountability tool out there.

One of the most effective ways to help people see a challenge in a new light is getting them to zoom way out. Often that new perspective is enough to shake loose a different angle or path forward that wasn’t obvious before.

How many times have you heard “let’s take the emotion out of this decision” or “Let’s look at this rationally”?
As a man with 2 business degrees - I’ve been taught so many strategies for making decisions “rationally.”

When $@#% hits the fan, who do you call? I know for me, there are a few people that I can trust to talk me off the ledge. For my clients, I often play that role.

“Your life is the sum total of what you pay attention to” was the way Ezra Klein started a recent podcast. I had to rewind a few times to really hear that because… yep… I wasn’t quite paying attention.

Here’s a blueprint for a Peer Annual Review - to start the year off right and jam with a friend or a few.

From the many heavy conversations I’ve had lately I’ve heard some creative ideas for how to manage this stress. A few really resonated with me, and I wanted to share them:

Can we use the same system we use to build great software products to organize our lives? Or does that sound miserable?