Running Through Brick Walls

One of us said something this week that I felt was valuable to share. Describing how he had always operated, he said he was used to running through brick walls and fixing up his broken nose after the fact.

The Luck We Practise

We opened this month by going around the room with a simple question, who here considers themselves lucky. Every hand went up. Then I asked who feels time-free, and who feels financially free, and the show of hands thinned out. That difference is worth sitting with, because the only thing separating the first answer from the other two is a belief.

The Story We’re Telling Ourselves

In our latest Growth HotSeat, we kept returning to a question that sounds simple until it's turned on us. Is it the actual circumstance in front of us that causes the disturbance, or just the story we've quietly decided to tell about it? A Member's HotSeat conversation became the clearest possible illustration, and it opened onto two more conversations that carried the same thread right through the session.

A Million Little Things

In our latest Growth HotSeat session, we confronted a deeply personal challenge that frequently shadows our greatest commercial successes. We frequently operate under the belief that as our companies grow and our financial security increases, the stress in our personal relationships will naturally decrease. However, our discussion highlighted that a hyper-focus on running a business can inadvertently leave our partners feeling overshadowed, undervalued, and disconnected from the very success they contributed to.

Never Refuse the Muse

In our latest mastermind session, we confronted the difficult reality of letting go of a company. We frequently operate under the belief that our major life transitions, such as selling a business or downsizing our homes, should bring us a sense of ultimate relief and freedom.

Beyond the First Summit

In our latest online mastermind session, we confronted a subtle psychological hurdle that directly impacts highly experienced leaders.

The Illusion of the Gap

In our latest Growth HotSeat session, we explored how to make our experience feel consistently good, actively removing the peaks and troughs of daily leadership.

The Discipline of Waiting

In our latest Growth HotSeat session, we confronted a challenging psychological hurdle that affects highly experienced leaders.

The Architect of the Illusion

In our latest Growth HotSeat session, we confronted a startling scientific reality that challenges how highly experienced leaders operate. We frequently navigate our business days under the assumption that our eyes and ears provide an accurate, objective feed of the world around us. We believe that the difficult client, the struggling team member, or the complex market shift we are looking at is exactly as it appears. However, our discussion highlighted that relying on this biological feed to dictate our internal state keeps us reacting to an illusion of our own making.

The Weight of the Final Piece

In our latest Growth HotSeat session, we examined a common psychological trap that affects highly experienced leaders.