The biggest and most complex obstacle you will ever have to overcome is your mind. Overcome that, and you can overcome anything.

When I was in my late twenties, there was a season when my motivation hit rock bottom. I would look around and see others motivating themselves to do what needed to be done. But not me. For me, motivation was an esoteric, intimidating game where I’d try to make myself do something while my mind simultaneously avoided doing it. If I won, I’d have to do something I didn’t really want to do. And if I lost, I’d be one step closer to ruining the rest of my entire life. At least that’s how I felt. And I never really knew whether I was going to win or lose until the very last minute.

Obviously, I was not being very mindful at the time.

The good news is, with daily practice, I’ve come a looong way from those rock bottom days of haphazard motivation.

Nowadays, Angel and I coach clients on a daily basis who are struggling to motivate themselves through various life situations. And fittingly, we guide them through many of the same core strategies I learned and practiced over the years to get my mindset and motivation from the lowest of lows to a stable high point.

One of those core strategies involves (more…)

It’s going away.

Now, like workers on the factory floor, it’s likely that the metrics will be exposed and the system will be contributing a review, not just the boss. AI will show up with your score, once a day, or even more often.

It will read your email, watch your clicks and listen to your calls. The relentless deskilling pursued by bosses is pushing each of us to work for an AI.

The better alternative is to have an AI work for you. Upskilling is the best response to the race to the bottom–leadership and projects, not tasks. We can start now before it’s too late.

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