INSIGHTS FOR GROWTH

Feedback shouldn't feel personal. But it does. Even when it's delivered thoughtfully. Even when you asked for it. Even when you know, intellectually, that it's meant to help. Something in you tightens. Your mind starts composing a defense before the other person finishes their sentence. You smile and nod while internally dismissing what you're hearing. This isn't weakness. It's biology.

Every leader has a blind spot. The question isn't whether you have one. It's whether you know what yours is. Here's the uncomfortable truth: the higher you rise, the less honest feedback you receive. People filter what they tell you. They soften the edges. They tell you what they think you want to hear — or what feels safe to say. Meanwhile, your blind spots are shaping your reputation and your results. Every day. Whether you see them or not.

From Insight to Action: The Step Most Leaders Skip. Clarity is powerful. But it's not enough.

Growth requires seeing what's uncomfortable. We want growth without discomfort. Progress without challenge. Change without letting go. But growth requires seeing what's uncomfortable. The patterns that aren't serving you. The habits you've outgrown. The feedback you've been avoiding. This week we've explored awareness, blind spots, feedback, and honesty. They all lead here: growth. Not growth that happens to you. Growth you choose. What's one uncomfortable truth you're re

Honesty with yourself is where growth begins. We talk about being honest with others. But the harder conversation is often the one with ourselves. Am I avoiding something I need to face? Am I telling myself a story that keeps me comfortable? Honesty with yourself is where growth begins. It's uncomfortable. It's also the only way forward.

It's easy to hear feedback as judgment. As criticism. As a verdict on who you are. But feedback isn't a verdict. It's a mirror. It shows you how you're landing — not who you are at your core. The best leaders I know don't just tolerate feedback. They seek it. Because they know: you can't see your own blind spots without a mirror. When was the last time you asked someone for honest feedback?

Blind spots. We all have them. The patterns we repeat without realizing. The impact we have without intending.

Awareness. This is where all meaningful change begins. Not motivation. Not strategy. Not effort. Awareness.

Trust. The first week of the year is almost done. Maybe you feel momentum. Maybe you feel behind already. Either way, here is what I want you to remember: trust the process. The results you want will not show up this week. Real change — real growth — takes time. It happens in the unseen moments. In the days when nothing seems to be working. In the quiet consistency that nobody applauds. Trust that the work matter Either way, here is what I want you to remember: trust t

Consistency. We overvalue intensity and undervalue consistency. The dramatic all-nighter gets celebrated. The quiet daily discipline goes unnoticed.

Priorities. The word itself tells you something. Priority was originally singular. There was one priority — the first thing. Somewhere along the way, we started pluralizing it. Now we have five priorities. Ten priorities. A whole list of priorities.

January is full of goal-setting. Vision boards. Strategic plans. Long lists of everything we want to accomplish. But here is what I have learned from working with hundreds of leaders: the ones who achieve the most do not have longer lists. They have shorter ones.

Focus. We often think clarity comes from adding more information. More research. More options. But real clarity comes from subtraction.

Reset. The first Monday of the new year. For many, today feels like the real beginning.

Intention. The excitement of New Year's Day has settled. Now comes the real work: turning possibility into action.

A new year. Today, everything is possible.

The threshold. Tonight, you stand between what was and what will be.

The Leadership Skill Nobody Talks About: Knowing When to Let Go

Letting go. Not everything from this year belongs in the next one.

Looking Back. The final days of the year.