INSIGHTS FOR GROWTH

Neutrality feels like fairness from the inside. From the outside, it’s fog.

Not a suit or a voice. The dimension of influence where your intention and your impact either match — or don’t.

Everyone liked him. Nobody knew where he stood. And his strongest director left because of it.

| Everyone likes him. Nobody knows where he stands. The leader who keeps the peace by never taking a side — and what it costs the people waiting for him to pick one.

How you leave is the last thing they learn about you — and the first thing the next reference call hears.

The work will survive shipping at 80%. The question is whether you can.

Your team can handle your worst day. What wears them down is not knowing which version of you walks in.

The perfectionist thinks they’re elevating the work. The team experiences a leader who doesn’t trust them.

Never late to meetings, surprised by every deadline. Time perception, not discipline.

The discomfort isn’t about the work. It’s about what people will think if the work isn’t perfect.

The chapter minis wrapped last week, so this week opens a new series: the Influence Framework — seven interconnected dimensions of influence, one per week. This week is Dimension 1, Self-Management: the influence work that happens before you ever walk into the room. The full framework is in The Right Altitude — available now at therightaltitudebook.com.

Her team has a name for it. Submit your work, wait for the rewrite, implement her version.

She was the best editor in every room she walked into — and her team had stopped trying. Perfectionism looks like excellence from the outside. From the inside, it’s something else.

Most people leave tens of thousands of dollars on the table — not because they ask for too little, but because they get the timing wrong. This week’s Right Move mini covers when to redirect, when to be direct, and how to frame the whole package. Find the full video here: More at doneash.com.

Your ask sits at or above market. Your floor tells you when to stand up. Why the most important number in any negotiation is the one you never say out loud.

The room reads your nervous system before it hears your words. Trait 12 of 50, Dimension 1 of 7 — Self-Management.

Most leaders spend 40–60% of their time below their altitude — not because they can’t delegate, but because the work below feels productive. One question sorts the calendar: does this require me?

Decision fatigue is one of the most misdiagnosed patterns in high performers — and it runs faster when fewer of your decisions are automated.

Tired comes from volume. Drained comes from the kind of work. The Energy Audit maps which is which — one week, one plus or minus at a time.

Every other chapter is about performing better at your altitude. The last one asks whether it’s the right altitude at all.