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TL;DR: too many goals = not much progress. Identify a lead goal. You want to launch that business. You want to run a marathon. You want to give a Ted Talk. You want to learn French. And go to France. And travel more! All good goals. Here’s the deal: if you have multiple high-priority goals, you actually have zero. When we spread our energy across lots of life-changing ambitions, overwhelm sets in. We don’t know where to start, so we burn energy and time thinking about starting (and...

TLDR: Some of my hardest seasons were full of no’s, and they’re the reason the good stuff could emerge. What do you feel when you’re told no? Failure? Rejection? An ending?   What if we thought about no a little differently? Not as something harsh or final, but as refinement. As clarity. As a path to yes. Every no brings something into sharper focus, even when it’s uncomfortable. Even when it’s not what we hoped for.   No removes noise. No creates edges. No makes space for depth.   No is how...

TLDR: Create space to slow down; clarity before action.   The end of the year has a way of turning the volume up on everything.   More parties. More late nights and full calendars. More consumption.   When the world revs up, we have to make an effort to slow down. To make space.   As I’ve been preparing for a small group focused on reflection before the new year, I considered joy. What brings you joy? What excites you when you look at your day, your week, your month?   And in asking the...