What’s the Worst That Could Happen
A few years ago, as I was preparing my “induction speech” as the incoming President of EO St Louis, waves of nervousness kept preventing me…
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Leadership Scholarship
I’ve been talking with some peeps about a leadership scholarship I am starting at my high school. They asked me to pass it on to…
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Beware of Fake Finish Lines
The finish line was in sight…so I went into a full blown, all out sprint. I wanted to finish my first half-marathon, my first race,…
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Decade(s) in Review
The end of every year is always one of reflection for me, and this being the end of a decade, even more so. There’s a…
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Are You Waiting for Permission to Be Successful?
I am a voracious consumer of content, year after year: 50+ books, 12 Harvard Business Reviews, lots of HBR Articles, a dozen “non-fiction” podcast subscriptions,…
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Discovering Your Unfair Advantage
I love playing and competing in sports. I played baseball and basketball all through high school, and have continued to play other sports into my…
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Your “How” Matters Just as Much as Your “Why”
I was burnt out. I mean “passed out with a crispy charcoal black frozen pizza in the oven” burnt out. (One of my buddies in…
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Are You Stuck on the Entrepreneurial Treadmill of Hell?
My mind was completely blown. How is it possible that we are going downhill when driving from sea level up to a ski town?!? Is…
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What does “conflux” mean anyway?
The word conflux is a synonym (and in our opinion, a much cooler word) for confluence, with Latin roots that translate to “flow together”; most…
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What’s Your Theme for 2020?
At the end of every year, I choose a theme and/or focus for the next year. In years past, I’ve committed to the priorities of…