When your opinions become your identity, it’s unthinkable to abandon your beliefs in the face of new information. Instead, we defend our ideas, deny our critics and celebrate their downfall.

Quitting is a normal part of being alive, not a forbidden part of being employed. Would you reapply for the job you have now?

Management matters. But successful teams need more than competent managers, they require courageous leaders. What do courageous leaders do?

A “perceptionist” chases the perception of perfection. We please and perform to be accepted by others while comparing ourselves to an imaginary standard that doesn’t exist.

Racism no longer requires racists. America doesn’t care about Black people because most white Americans don’t know a Black person.

Healthy teams beat smart ones. Here’s why…

Knowing your purpose is not the same as having a plan. If you’re like me, a clearly defined “Why” still seems fuzzy. But there’s something just as valuable as knowing your Why.

Courage is a contract with your future self. A decision to pay the price for picking the right fight before you know the cost.

I’ve read almost 500 books. When Work & Family Collide is the only one that presents an actual strategy for establishing priorities and protecting boundaries without sacrificing results.

Your purpose is not singular or linear. Clayton Christensen proposed thinking about purpose as a strategy instead of a discrete, fixed point. “The danger for high-achieving people is that they'll unconsciously allocate their resources to activities that yield the most immediate, tangible accomplishments.”

All thoughts are not created equal. It’s time to question the true source of our expectations, obligations and comparison. “Thoughts are not truth until truth becomes thoughts.”

The thing about failure no one tells you is what to do the next day. I woke up the next morning knowing I was underwater without a way to get out. I can’t always choose my options but I always have a choice.

Everyone has a calling but most of us stay trapped in a career. It’s easy to remember every piece of furniture has a purpose. It’s harder to realize every person has a plan.

Letting go of the illusion of certainty is a very painful lesson but also an irreversible one. Once you really know the “Who”, your role is no longer controlling the “How.”

Many of the most powerful forces are invisible. My fears, motivations, biases and background can either be lift (thrusting me upward) or drag (pushing me downward).

My sole qualification for writing about courage is the fact I spent years living without it. I got the rewards and recognition I thought would help me escape the poverty of my childhood, only to discover I had created a bigger cage called conformity.