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09/15/2026

What’s so fascinating about a place where art imitates life so well that it attracts more than a million visitors each year?

Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany is such a place. Almost always crowded, it sometimes remains open until 1 a.m. to accommodate demand.

My recent visit was a captivating dose of awe-meets-sensory overload. Its exhibits portray iconic locations and everyday scenes from around the world – from the American West, New York City, Las Vegas and Cape Canaveral to Venice, Rio, the Swiss Alps, a busy airport, Bavarian towns, epic festivals and an erupting Mount Vesuvius with Pompeii below.

People of all ages stand shoulder-to-shoulder, eyes wide, pushing buttons that bring the exhibits to life. Daylight gradually fades into night as the activity across each locale ebbs and flows accordingly.

The scale and intricacy are stunning: 260,000 figures, 4,110 buildings, 9,250 cars, 1,040 trains, 130,000 trees, 385,000 LED lights, 760,000 hours of construction and a €45 million investment.

One thing I deeply appreciated was how different life looks when we step outside the action and observe it from above. In our work and lives, we can become so absorbed in playing our role ‘on the stage’ that we lose sight of the larger patterns unfolding around and within us.

I regularly coach leaders to move metaphorically into the rafters and access the grounded, objective observer within themselves. This is not to detach from what is happening, but rather, to return to it with greater perspective, clarity and choice.

Where might stepping out of the action help you see yourself, others or a situation differently?

What if burnout is not simply the result of doing too much, but of living by an internal algorithm that no longer serves...
09/08/2026

What if burnout is not simply the result of doing too much, but of living by an internal algorithm that no longer serves us?

I recently joined the SHE SAID IT Podcast™ as the guest for Recalibration Required: Resetting Your Energy Algorithm Before Burnout. We explored why so many accomplished leaders override the signals telling them something needs to change and how redefining success, listening more deeply to ourselves, and making intentional adjustments can sustain our impact and well-being.

To be clear, recalibration is not about lowering our ambition. The latest research shows it’s about directing our energy toward what truly matters before our bodies, relationships or spirits force us to stop.

I hope you’ll listen and consider what your own energy algorithm might be asking you to reset.

Listen to the full episode:

-Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033QoBO2KX0riVAuuy4Weu?si=0af1fe373ce844e3
-Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recalibration-required/id6798656189?i=1000788289772
-YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wr6AFShozI

I was meeting with colleagues in my office when my brother called to tell me that our father had died. I instinctually s...
09/01/2026

I was meeting with colleagues in my office when my brother called to tell me that our father had died. I instinctually screamed and fell to my knees, sobbing.

Meeting adjourned.

Dad’s sudden heart attack left our family in shock. We went through the motions of planning his services. The minister gave the remarks at his funeral; none of us could imagine being able to eulogize him.

Sixteen years to the day of his death, I started writing his posthumous eulogy. It was something I’ve been called to do for a long time. My brother reminded me of this fortuitous timing when he sent me a text to this effect as I was typing. We then met up at a coffee shop in our hometown to finish it together and reminisce.

This Labor Day weekend our family will gather to celebrate the holiday and to honor and remember Dad in the way we could not all those years ago.

James, Jimmy, Dad, Grandpa … ah, the many roles we each have in this life. May we hold each one with gratitude as it serves as our teacher. And may our presence and actions each day leave a positive ripple effect in this world.

📸: Wedding photo credit to Koryn Schermer & Realf Schermer

Farming dates back more than 12,000 years. For millennia, farmers have understood more about rest and renewal than most ...
08/28/2026

Farming dates back more than 12,000 years. For millennia, farmers have understood more about rest and renewal than most modern leaders have ever learned.

One such lesson is the practice of fallowing: leaving a field unplanted so the soil can recover its capacity to optimally produce.

Leaders who never stop striving are like depleted soil. High performers are often wired to overperform and overdeliver without pause, and pay for it in loss of clarity, diminishing returns and burnout.

The best leaders I know have learned to think more like farmers. They protect their rest, build in recovery before the body demands it and understand that what they grow next depends entirely on how well they tend to what is underneath.

My latest article in Brainz Magazine explores this and what it looks like in practice for leaders and organizations alike.

Read it here: https://lnkd.in/gGk9tu3z

Farming dates back more than 12,000 years. For millennia, farmers have understood more about rest and renewal than most ...
08/28/2026

Farming dates back more than 12,000 years. For millennia, farmers have understood more about rest and renewal than most modern leaders have ever learned.

One such lesson is the practice of fallowing: leaving a field unplanted so the soil can recover its capacity to optimally produce.

Leaders who never stop striving are like depleted soil. High performers are often wired to overperform and overdeliver without pause, and pay for it in loss of clarity, diminishing returns and burnout.

The best leaders I know have learned to think more like farmers. They protect their rest, build in recovery before the body demands it and understand that what they grow next depends entirely on how well they tend to what is underneath.

My latest article in Magazine explores this and what it looks like in practice for leaders and organizations alike.

Read it here: https://lnkd.in/gGk9tu3z

A partner at a consulting firm once shared with me that he had only one professional regret: turning down a 30-day sabba...
08/26/2026

A partner at a consulting firm once shared with me that he had only one professional regret: turning down a 30-day sabbatical earlier in his career. Years later, he wondered what version of himself might have emerged from that time.

Farmers have understood something for centuries that most leaders never learned: the soil needs to rest and replenish in order to effectively and efficiently produce. When you skip that step, the yields diminish year after year until the land can no longer give what is asked of it.

My latest article in Brainz Magazine explores what this means for leaders, why so many of us say no to rest even when we desperately need it, and what individuals and organizations can do differently.

Link: https://www.brainzmagazine.com/post/the-fallow-season-what-leaders-can-learn-from-farmers

Benjamin Franklin once said, "You may delay, but time will not." These are astute words from someone who was a scientist...
08/21/2026

Benjamin Franklin once said, "You may delay, but time will not." These are astute words from someone who was a scientist, inventor, diplomat and author, among other things.

We can procrastinate, but time keeps moving on whether we act or not.

Many high-achievers sense that their bouts of procrastination stem from laziness. I’ve learned that it’s often a sign that there is something about the task, the timing or the person that doesn’t feel right. The delay is the mind's way of pushing for a pause before it will commit.

The next time you catch yourself putting something off, don't just push through it. Get curious about it first. What is the delay protecting you from?

A lot of us tend to hang out at the surface level when it comes to our own development. We obtain a certification, read ...
08/13/2026

A lot of us tend to hang out at the surface level when it comes to our own development.

We obtain a certification, read a new book or attend a training over our lunch hour. All of these can look like growth and can be helpful, but they are not necessarily the same as going deeper.

Busyness can become a comfortable place to hide, especially for high performers. The harder work is in slowing down long enough to ask what all that momentum might be protecting you from.

What could it look like to stop trying to prove (to others and to yourself) that a busy life is the same as a life of growth? When you let go of the need to make busyness a badge of honor, you may notice what’s been waiting for your attention all along.

08/11/2026

Many successful professionals have a strong instinct for recognizing when something at work lacks depth. Bringing that same level of discernment to their own development takes a different kind of attention.

Meaningful growth requires intention, focus, honesty and the maturity to stay with what surfaces along the way. Some of the most important developmental work happens without fanfare and without a new credential, accomplishment or milestone to show for it.

This week, I invite you to give yourself the space to notice what keeps asking for your attention in your work or life? Are you willing to give it the time and attention it requires?

What do you know about the power of no? It’s a short word but is anything but small. In fact, it might be one of the mos...
08/08/2026

What do you know about the power of no? It’s a short word but is anything but small. In fact, it might be one of the most important ones you’ll ever use at work.

Most of us were taught that yes is the responsible answer and no is the selfish one. So we tend to say yes by default, and then we wonder why we’re stretched so thin. Meanwhile, our resentment and frustration builds.

No isn’t negative, a wall between you and others, or standing between you and your success. It’s a tool to be used wisely and one that you must be courageous enough to wield.

I’ve written about how high performers are especially susceptible to falling into the over-functioning trap at work. When this dynamic rears its head in your life, ask yourself: “What role am I playing here? What is mine to do or to NOT do?”

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