The Catalyst Newsletter
Catalyzing high achievers (aka over achievers) to reach their potential and make a difference in the world...without losing their soul.
All it takes is twenty seconds of insane courage...
Thursday, May 11, 2023 Twenty seconds of insane courage can change your life. Last week, I shared about 5 Ways to Use Fear to Your Advantage where I touched briefly on courage. What is courage? Courage is action in the face of fear. In the movie, We Bought a Zoo with Matt Damon, he takes his two children to the restaurant where he met his now deceased wife. Walking by on the street, he suddenly spotted her through the window and stopped dead in his tracks. He thought to himself, All I need is...
The Quarterly Reset: Achieve More By Planning Less...
A weekly newsletter to help high achievers (a.k.a over-achievers) reach their potential and make a difference. We overestimate what we can accomplish in the short term and underestimate what we can accomplish in the long term. Watch the video on YouTube >> Every quarter, I take a day to reset and reconnect with my life plan. This dedicated time allows me to evaluate my performance on previous quarterly goals and thoughtfully plan for the upcoming quarter. It's a powerful opportunity to...
Have you ever felt creatively drained?
A weekly newsletter to help high achievers (a.k.a over-achievers) reach their potential and make a difference. Your capacity to recognize when to pause may be more valuable than knowing when to push. I don’t have anything to write. Which is a rare occurrence for me. I could try to pound something out or pull some unused content out of the archives (which I have tons of), but here’s what I’ve discovered: If it doesn’t move me it’s not going to move you. This isn’t just a theory, it’s a truth...
How are you?
A weekly newsletter to help high achievers reach their potential and make a difference. How Are You? Your answer to 'How are you?' reveals more about your future success and well-being than any strategic plan. We often wear busyness as a badge of honor. Ask ten people how they are doing, and nine out of ten times the answer will be, “busy.” That’s not the way things ought to be. What if instead of answering, “Busy,” your answer was, “I’m well rested and feeling great!” Or “You know, despite...
Don't make the same mistake I did...
A weekly newsletter to help high achievers (a.k.a over-achievers) reach their potential and make a difference. In reality, the very things that you feel might be holding you, down, may be holding you up. Don’t make the same mistake I did. Like many visionaries and hard-driving leaders, I used to view limits as the enemy. Boundaries felt like prison walls rather than protection. Constraints seemed like shackles rather than support systems. But here's what I've discovered: Every significant...
The One Thing More Valuable Than Your Time…
A weekly newsletter to help high achievers (a.k.a over-achievers) reach their potential and make a difference. If time is like gold, then attention is like rhodium. Never heard of rhodium? You're not alone. As of December 2024, rhodium was worth $4,575 per Troy Ounce compared to gold's $2,599. It's literally the most precious metal on earth. Attention works the same way—it's far more valuable than even your time. We've all heard Warren Buffet's famous quote about being able to buy anything...
Is Time Working for You or Against You?
A weekly newsletter to help high achievers (a.k.a over-achievers) reach their potential and make a difference. Are you letting time happen to you or for you? Instead of viewing time as an adversary, what if we viewed it as a resource to steward, or better yet, something we live within? A friend to collaborate with rather than an enemy to fight? The most effective leaders I know view time differently. Instead of seeing it as an enemy to fight, they partner with it to create impact. They...
Nature doesn't rush (and neither should you)
A weekly newsletter to help high achievers (a.k.a over-achievers) reach their potential and make a difference. Like butter scraped over too much bread… That's how many of us feel these days—stretched thin and racing from one thing to the next. I know because I've been there. The constant push for more, better, faster left me feeling like I was sprinting on a treadmill that kept speeding up. But here's what I've discovered: Nature never rushes. Everything in nature has a rhythm. A cadence. A...
Are you being too hard on yourself? I was...
A weekly newsletter to help high achievers (a.k.a over-achievers) reach their potential and make a difference. The weight of unrealistic self-expectations can feel crushing, especially at the start of a new year. January is not even over, and I’m already feeling overwhelmed. It’s often said that we can be our own worst bosses or that the most challenging person to lead is the person in the mirror. What do you do to avoid overwhelm and get back on track? Breaking Free from Self-Imposed...
⏰ You Don't Have To Choose...
Helping high achievers (a.k.a overachievers) reach their potential and make a difference. You don't have to choose between dreaming about the future and living in the present. When we push too far one way, life has a way of pulling us back. That's my story - a future-focused visionary who needed to learn the art of present living. There’s nothing wrong with dreaming, except when you live in the future instead of the present. For future-focused leaders, there is always a tension between...
The Missed Opportunity in Failed Dreams
A weekly to help high achievers (a.k.a over achievers) reach their potential and make a difference. Failed dreams can become your greatest victories. While dreams are essential for hope and growth, unfulfilled dreams can breed disillusionment. Yet what appears to be a "failed" dream often reveals itself as an opportunity. Barbara Corcoran, the renowned Shark Tank Investor, once said, “All my best successes came on the heels of failure.” This wisdom challenges us to look deeper at how dreams...
Catalyzing high achievers (aka over achievers) to reach their potential and make a difference in the world...without losing their soul.