Category: Leadership

The greatest enemy of growth is comfort. Most of what you want will take more work than you expect. You can’t force growth, but you can create space for it. To get what you really want, you’ll have to push through a lot of what you don’t.

“Because we’ve always done it this way” isn’t a good enough reason to keep doing it that way. The people who started it were figuring things out as they went. What worked then might be creating problems now. The best way to honor the past? Make sure what matters most has a future.

We get angry over inconveniences because we treat them like injustices. Life doesn’t hand out passes from problems. It’s okay to want comfort—just don’t lose compassion chasing it. Small annoyances don’t just test your patience—they grow it.

What works for others might not work for you. You don’t need their formula; you need your own flow. Learn from them, but don’t imitate them. We don’t need a replica—we need you. Work in a way that works for who you really are, not who you wish you were.

It wasn’t until the third story of what’s now the Leaning Tower of Pisa that builders realized the foundation wasn’t solid. But they kept building. Building on a weak foundation never works. You can’t fix what’s broken by doing more of what broke it. Admitting what’s broken isn’t failure — ignoring it is.

Striving for more can leave you with less. The unchecked drive to be better and accomplish more, while well-intentioned, can leave you with a full schedule and an empty soul. Balance what stretches you with what restores you.