I've had multiple moments in my career where I felt stuck. No traction on a new job. No movement in my current one — no raise, no new title, nothing changing. Sometimes that's on circumstances outside your control: a hiring freeze, economic volatility, a world-stopping pandemic, a rigid corporate culture, or coworkers who simply have more favor than you do. Of course, there's also the possibility that you're stuck because you're not good enough at what you do. Or you're not enough of a people...

The Spurs had double-digit leads in each of the 5 games of the 2026 NBA Finals and yet lost the series 4-1. Most notably, they blew the largest lead in NBA Finals history (29) in Game 4, on the road in front of an outrageous MSG crowd. Obviously, there are many factors that contributed to these consistent fourth-quarter comebacks. The pundits can decide whether to blame the Spurs or give credit to the Knicks. I am here to talk about a unique aspect of high-performance teams that is the...

Our lives are extremely complicated and those who sell you a solution to fix a lot of problems should be avoided. General Olmstead once said, 'The greatest leaders should be educated broadly." Meaning, we should try to be educated broadly and find out sources that are not narrow minded. We all would feel better if what we knew was enough, but it is not . We must get out of our comfort zone and be told we are wrong, probably a few times. This will hurt and should hurt, it means you care. But...