Have you ever noticed how you speak differently at work than you do with your best friend? Maybe your Southern accent gets a little softer during a business presentation. Maybe you avoid slang during a job interview. Maybe you choose different words when speaking to your grandmother than when speaking to your teenager. Congratulations—you've probably engaged in some form of code-switching.

One of the simplest (yet most impactful) takeaways was this: less TV, more reading. Whew. That one hit. TV is a time sucker.

Leadership isn’t just about vision, strategy, or decision-making. It’s also about example.

We don’t talk enough about the strange discomfort that can surface after things start going well in business. Not during the chaos. Not during the grind. But in the in-between — when the business is no longer struggling, yet the wins haven’t fully landed.