Leadership 101: Comparing Laissez-Faire, Democratic, and Autocratic Leadership Styles Being a leader of a team or organization is no easy task, and knowing how best to respond in any given moment can be tough.  Nevertheless, there are certain principles that can help in choosing the right leadership style to match the situation at hand. And…

What we all missed watching Ted Lasso It’s so obvious, and yet, they’re missing the biggest one… If you look any image about “Ted Lasso Life Lessons” you’ll see things about courage, trust, learning from mistakes, being present in the moment, or attention to details. And while these things were displayed on the show, all…

We should raise the price of cigarettes, drastically… In 2022, the US government made $11.3 billion in taxes on tobacco. Sounds like a good revenue stream, right? In that same year, we spent $240 billion in direct healthcare costs treating the ailments due to smoking. That cost is 21x more than the tax revenue. When you include direct…

Back in 2016, I was feeling restless… I was happy in my work, but something was off. I knew I loved helping people, and I knew the people I worked with were seeing results. Still, the feeling persisted… So after some failed attempts to figure out what was up, I finally really leaned into that…

I hesitated to write about this, because I think the magnitude of it has yet to really sink in with me… But, Erie McDowell school board approved teaching Mental Fitness as a part of their high school curriculum. This would make Erie McDowell the FIRST high school in the nation to be teaching Mental Fitness at their…

I’ve never defended a dissertation, but I think I may know how it feels… In the upcoming weeks, I’ll be running Mental Fitness Workshops for selected, volunteer participants and measuring their progress throughout the course on six variables: – Mental Fitness – Growth Mindset – Emotional Mastery – Resilience – Perceived Stress – Stigma No…

What to get things done more efficiently this year? Try following these 4 steps… 1. Brainstorm 2. Organize 3. Prioritize 4. Execute Step 1. Brainstorm In this step the goal is to dump all the things you can think of that you have to do and get them out of your head and onto paper.…

Talent isn’t real. Talent is two a days on a Friday night. Talent is getting really good at saying “I can’t. I have practice.” Talent is cross-training on your “off” time. Talent is studying the game and the greats who play it. Talent is getting up early when most people are sleeping in. Talent is…

New Year’s Goals We all know that most New Year’s goals fail. “Eat better, exercise more, quit smoking.” They’re vague and lack any real depth or planning. The fact is most of us don’t know how to set real goals. I wrote “The 10 Principles of Goal Setting” to show people how to turn their…

t’s crazy to think that Mental Fitness completed its 7th year this year. Of all the cool accomplishments we’ve had throughout the years, seeing the message spread, and the positive impact it’s had on people’s lives, has undoubtedly been the best part. A close second, however, has been seeing the team expand. And it’s not just our…