I am only ten pages into Ari Shapiro’s The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a life spent listening, and I am sucked in from the first sentence:

“I became a public speaker in the first grade.”

I just returned home from a work trip in Portland, my first time there since before COVID. If you haven’t been, Portland is a vibe, and today, I’d like to explore what I mean by that. 

When have you gone out of your way to choose someone or something? I wait longer and pay more for a book from my local independent bookstore rather than buy from Amazon.

I watch political debates through two lenses. The first, of course, is to learn about the candidates so I can make informed decisions.

Listen to the blog here. If you are in the U.S., I hope you enjoyed the unofficial end to summer. This blog is coming to you late because I was, in fact, enjoying it offline on a lake in Montana biking, hiking, swimming, paddleboarding, and having lots of conversations around a fire, which led me […]

Yesterday (Sunday), we walked uphill to say goodbye to one of my favorite spots in the forest, about a 2-mile walk up to the top of the ridge from our door. A trail runs through a beautiful meadow and forest.

Listen to the blog here. I’m a student of Thought Leaders Business School, a program that helps me be more commercially smart and continually level up my skills (thinking, delivery, and selling). Students are located around the globe, and the community that has developed is unmatched. These are my people. The School meme is “We come for […]

When we lead with story, everything gets better. Some days, this idea sounds, well, idealistic, and this past weekend qualified as “some days.”

When we lead with story, everything gets better. Stories make us real, relatable, and riveting. I spend an entire day with corporate teams exploring this idea and helping them put it into practice so leaders can create higher-functioning teams.

If you’ve been following along, you know I believe the most influential leaders are great storytellers, and they possess three powerful qualities (through their stories). They are real, relatable, and riveting.