We have to remind ourselves that, no matter how much we love our work and how hard we like to work, rest helps us to be better and more effective.

I can’t even begin to tell you how meaningful it was to hear my parents’ answers to these questions. I learned things about their lives that I would have never known had we not had this conversation.

How, when I know that something is so important to me and I know exactly what I need to do in order to feel at my best, did I get right back to a place where I no longer feel good?

Monique’s feedback is what has changed our company and made it into the organization we have today.

These lessons aren’t just for book writers. While they’ve helped make the writing process easier, simpler, and more fun, they’ve also helped me in other areas of my work and my life.

I think this kind of role could lead to a lot of positive change in the culture of organizations, especially in the midst of the Great Resignation.

If you struggle with feedback, the 24-hour rule could be a great challenge to give yourself.

I’ve been thinking about over- and under-stepping as a leader a lot. It’s actually one of my biggest insecurities.

I was flying on Tuesday when I read about the shooting in Texas.

I’ve learned that if you want better feedback from people, you must have the courage to ask them better questions.

Not everyone would appreciate four people and a baby dropping in on them after a day at the spa, but we knew that Kristen would be thrilled. And we were right!

Today, my life looks nothing like I thought it would and everything like I hoped it would.

We have to give ourselves permission to experiment with this new phase of work and to learn from it together as a team.

“I only know these things because I screwed all of them up. I learned how to lead by learning how not to lead.”

The author believes we are all creative, and we are all artists. We just have to learn how to harness that creativity and the artist inside each of us.

What’s something outside of your control that you wish could be different?

We can’t control the obstacles that might get in our way and disrupt our plans, but we CAN choose how we react to them.

I’ve been working on my second book for a couple of months now, and already, it feels so much different than it felt to write my first book–in the best way.