Field notes on product strategy, scaling teams, and the calls that separate breakthrough leaders from busy ones.
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As you become more established in your career, your network gets bigger. But the number of people you can comfortably say, “I have no idea what I’m doing here” to gets smaller. That’s why leaders don’t always need advice. Sometimes they need peers they can trust with an unfinished thought.
After a career spent learning how to succeed as one of the only women in the room, I started asking a different question: What if we built a different room?
The questions that matter most don't get solved. They return. Why the best leaders win by giving old questions new answers instead of chasing new ones.
The point of asking people about your idea isn't to win them over. It's to hear what you didn't already know. The moment you start defending it is the moment you stop learning. Two reflexes worth catching, and one small pause that changes the result.
A simple look at my to-do list revealed hidden priorities. Learn how an intentional operating rhythm can align your time with the life you’re building.
It’s ok for it to be business NOT as usual right now. Catch yourself every time you tell yourself you “should” do something. Pause. Challenge it. Does it actually serve you?
Framework/Entrepreneurship/Career
My book didn’t start with an outline. It started with fear. A talk I over-prepared for. And one drawing I couldn’t stop thinking about. That was the moment it became a book I had to write.
Course/Scaling Yourself/People
Burnout does not come from the workload. It's the leadership pattern underneath it.
Framework/Leadership/Passion/People/Performance
Most leadership advice pushes you to do more: More clarity.More delegation.More velocity. But doing more doesn’t help when you’re solving the wrong problem. You don’t need more output. You need a better diagnosis. Great leaders don’t just lead well. They know exactly where they’re stuck. That’s what makes forward movement possible. It took me months to […]
Career/Framework/Innovation/Leadership
Every leader knows the rush of inspiration: the all-nighter, the surge, the just one more thing moment. Last week, I shared one of mine: the 48-hour build that became the first version of my Beyond Incremental website. But breakthroughs don’t come from bursts of energy alone. They come from creating systems that make that energy repeatable. This week, I put my […]
Framework/Innovation/Leadership
My daughter got it right: "Wow, that was quick." I'd just told her I built the first version of my website in 48 hours. What I didn't mention initially was that I barely slept during those two days. Which led to the obvious question: Why do we do that? This Is What Breakthrough Leadership Actually Feels […]
Career/Leadership/Passion/Personal Why
High performers are wired for more. More goals. More progress. More achievement. It’s a part of our DNA. But, I have learned the hard way, that more for the sake of more isn’t the goal. You see it all the time. Someone who, from the outside, looks to be at the peak of success. Yet […]
