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PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVES ISSUE 12 | SNICKER SURE On confidence, commitment, and the courage to act before you're certain. When a Candy Bar Became a Confidence Check In 7th grade, I had a science teacher with one unusual rule. If you raised your hand to answer a question, he’d pause and ask: “Are you Snicker sure?” If you said yes and got it wrong, you owed him a Snickers bar.No reward for being right—just a small, public cost for being wrong. I don’t remember the subject.But I do remember the...
PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVES ISSUE 11 | TRUST ME ON THIS On earned influence, emotional strategy, and the long game of leadership. Influence doesn’t start with the ask. It starts long before—when the ask isn’t even clear yet, but you know it’s coming. When I was a newly hired exec, I didn’t know what I’d eventually need from the board.But I knew I’d need something.A big decision. A bold move. Something uncomfortable. And I knew I couldn’t wait until that moment to earn their trust.So I didn’t. From...
PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVES ISSUE 09 | GIDDY UP On courage, recovery, and the skill of getting back in motion. One of my oldest friends has raised horses since we were kids. She’s fallen off more times than I can count. I surprised her by showing up at her farm the other day. She came running out of the house, grinning from ear to ear—until she realized she’d forgotten to put her tooth in. There was a huge gap right in the middle of her smile. “Oh my goodness, what happened?” I asked. “A horse...