RHYTHMS OF REST℠
Join hundreds of other business owners, leaders, entrepreneurs, ambitious professionals, solopreneurs, and purpose-driven high achievers—people with big callings and even bigger calendars—who are ready to start living and leading from a place of internal rest rather than busyness, burnout, and overwhelm.
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 question that made me cry in front of 15 people
What Happens When You Stop Thinking So Much, And Start Leading from the Heart Read on my website / Read time: 3-4 minutes A room full of entrepreneurs watched me cry. And it was the most important business moment of my recent life. Last month, the mastermind group I’m a part of met in Austin, TX. A mastermind group is a small, trusted circle of leaders who meet to sharpen each other — iron on iron. On the second day, we did a private Q & A with Ryan Levesque—a 7-time Inc. 5000 CEO who's...
I'm trying something new — and I want you in the room
Hi Reader, I've been working on something for a while now, and it's finally ready to test. It's called Build Your Life Plan — a 6-week virtual group experience where you'll build a complete Life Plan using my RHYTHMS OF REST℠ framework. Personal core values. All four rhythms — Relational, Emotional, Spiritual, Tangible. Keystone habits. A finished plan you can actually live by. It's the same framework I use with private executive coaching clients and in my Life Plan Weekends — but in a small...
You have a plan for everything—except your life.
You Have a Plan for Everything—Except Your Life (Here's How to Change That) Read on my website / Read time: 4-5 minutes Do you have a plan for your life? As a leader, you probably have a business plan, a marketing plan, a financial plan, and a vacation plan. But what about your actual life? Recently, I spent two days with James, a young business owner in Florida, to help him create a Life Plan. Kent and James during a Life Plan weekend One of the first exercises we did was to establish his...
Why your best ideas never happen at your desk
Why Your Best Work Isn't Happening at Your Desk Read on my website / Read time: 4-5 minutes Can I ask you something that might sting a little: when did you last have a genuinely great idea sitting at your desk? Companies spend millions of dollars helping people become "more productive." But most of those investments are built on a definition of productivity that's nebulous or non-existent. Recently, I had a conversation with an executive whom I coach about what productivity means to him. His...
The podcast is live — because "just push through" was never actually a plan
Hey Reader! I'm breaking from my normal rhythm to send you this — because what just launched is worth a midweek interruption. The Rhythms of REST Leadership Podcast is officially live! Wherever you listen to podcasts But I don't want to lead with the announcement. I want to lead with you — because that's the whole point of this thing. You're probably winning in ways that used to feel out of reach. The business. The career. The income. The reputation you've earned the hard way. And still—you...
The #1 mistake leaders make about rest...
The #1 Mistake Leaders Make About Rest Read on my website / Read time: 4-5 minutes The worst advice you could give to anyone who thrives on forward motion is “just rest.” Here’s the #1 mistake high-capacity people make about rest—thinking rest means doing nothing. Case in point: what’s the immediate picture that comes to mind when you hear the word “rest”? A couch? A hammock? Bed? Bingeing Netflix in your pajamas? The core fear most leaders have around rest? The fear of doing nothing. Leaders...
Why we rated our 25-year marriage a 6 (and what we're doing about it)
Why We Rated Our 25-Year Marriage a 6—And What We're Doing to Get to an 8 Read on my website / Read time: 4 minutes If it can happen at age 76, it can happen to anyone. Like many of you, I was shaken by the recent news about Philip Yancy’s eight-year affair with a married woman. It gave me pause and made me reflect. The main insight I walked away with? You can never stop fighting for your marriage. If you’re not married, apply that to your relationships. If you want good ones, you can never...
Why Doing Nothing Makes Leaders More Anxious (And What Really Restores Them)
Why Doing Nothing Makes Leaders More Anxious (And What Restores Them) Read on my website / Read time: 4 minutes Rest and inactivity aren't the same thing. It took me 25 years to figure that out. Not long ago, I performed a song with my daughter at an open mic. Did I feel like going out on a cold, dark Thursday night? Not really. Did it take effort? Absolutely. Was it restful? More than a nap ever could be. When my daughter suggested singing a song together at an open-mic night, I jumped at...
Which one of these hits home for you?
Hey Reader, I'm rethinking how I talk about rest and burnout, and I need your honest reaction. Read these four statements. Which one makes you lean forward and think "That's what I've been missing"? Just hit reply with A, B, C, or D: A) "Work-life balance is making you MORE burned out" The phrase "work-life balance" creates the problem it claims to solve. Life isn't equal—it demands different things at different times. Chasing balance keeps you stuck. You need rhythms, not balance. B)...
What not reading is costing your leadership
The Hidden Cost of Not Reading Read this on my website // Read time 4-6 minutes Nearly half of all Americans finished ZERO books last year. Reading 5 books per year puts you in the top 33 percent. Reading 10 books per year puts you in the top 21 percent. Reading 20, 30, or 40 books per year, puts you in rare company — among the top 10 percent of readers. Which camp do you fall into? Don’t worry, I’m not going to shame you, but I will challenge you. You see, I didn’t used to read much…maybe a...
Join hundreds of other business owners, leaders, entrepreneurs, ambitious professionals, solopreneurs, and purpose-driven high achievers—people with big callings and even bigger calendars—who are ready to start living and leading from a place of internal rest rather than busyness, burnout, and overwhelm.