────────────The Growth Note | Speed Is a Form of RespectRead it. Feel it. Do something with it.────────────Hey you,Here’s a truth we don’t talk about enough:Quick, clear communication is a sign of respect.The most successful people I know respond qui...

────────────The Growth Note | Ask Better QuestionsRead it. Feel it. Do something with it.────────────Hey you,Most people think communication is about giving great answers.But the longer I study influence, leadership, and connection, the more convince...

────────────The Growth Note | Gratitude Is a StrategyRead it. Feel it. Do something with it.────────────Hey you,Thanksgiving week has a way of reminding us that gratitude isn’t just something you feel — it’s something you practice.And...

────────────The Growth Note | Re-Live the StoryRead it. Feel it. Do something with it.────────────Hey you,This week I’m speaking at the BNI Global Convention in Sydney — thousands of leaders, changemakers, and storytellers from all around t...

────────────The Growth Note | Lead the Way They ListenRead it. Feel it. Do something with it.────────────Hey you,If you’ve ever walked away from a conversation thinking, “I said it perfectly — so why didn’t they get it?” this one’s for you....

────────────The Growth Note | Persist in SimplicityRead it. Feel it. Do something with it.────────────Hey you,Last week, my father and I traveled to China — to a remote Kung Fu monastery called Wu Wei Si, perched high above t...

────────────The Growth Note | Momentum Loves ClarityRead it. Feel it. Do something with it.────────────Hey you,Confused minds don’t move.It’s not that people don’t want to take action — they just don’t know which action to take.The same is...

The Growth Note | The Echo EffectRead it. Feel it. Do something with it.────────────Hey you,The most powerful part of communication doesn’t happen when you speak.It happens when you leave. And no, I am not saying that people enjoy it when you leave...

────────────The Growth Note | Sight vs. VisionRead it. Feel it. Do something with it.────────────Hey you,Helen Keller once said,“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.”She lost her sight and hearing at 19 months old — ye...

────────────The Growth Note | Premeditated PresenceRead it. Feel it. Do something with it.────────────Hey you,People always brighten a room.Some do it when they enter — others when they finally leave.This week, I was determined to be the first kind.A...