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This is the place where you’ll find information, wisdom and gain perspective on how to master the Hidden Powers Drivers that can shatter limitations and propel you to your greatest levels of success.
We’ll look at business, marketing, leadership, psychology, peak performance, personal growth, and mind-body health, and how it all works together to help you operate at peak performance more consistently in your business and personal life.
We’ll be providing new and expanded insights and strategies to help you see through the lens of your True Power State and reach your next levels of impact and success.
A High Achiever’s Hidden Struggle: Agency, Sovereignty, Self-Authority
I want to share some insights about a hidden struggle that many high achievers face, one that I've personally grappled with throughout my life. It's a topic that is rarely discussed at its deepest level; it's incredibly vulnerable and lies at the core of our being. It profoundly impacts every aspect of our lives. By starting this conversation, we can support each other in navigating these challenges and stepping into our full potential. For as long as I can remember, I've appeared to embody these qualities in abundance. A disruptor, a rebel (much to my mother’s dismay), I spoke out with unpopular opinions, questioned accepted "truths," and blazed unconventional, often controversial, trails. Few would have guessed that agency, sovereignty, and self-authority were complex, ongoing struggles for me, as they are for many high achievers. Let me define these terms as I'm using them: Agency is the capacity to take [...]
Meet them where they are… Not where you want them to be
This principle is crucial for high achievers - not just in leading others, but in navigating our own growth. Our drive for excellence often triggers our resistance to accepting current reality, pushing us to force change rather than allow transformation.
For high achievers, this resistance may show up as: [...]
High Achiever Sensitivity in a Turbulent World
Many high achievers who are sensitive are experiencing anxiety, stress, and overwhelm as they pick up the powerful energies around them, including fear, fury, and hopelessness. I'm one of them, picking up those intense feelings, and sensing shifts and events often before they happen (even from afar). Regulating our nervous system is crucial now - and quite a challenge.
Earlier this month, I shared that while I often choose one word or focus, this year I decided on three perspectives: Trust, Curiosity, and Wonder. [...]
Mental Block: From Childhood Game to Social Crisis
When we were kids, my brother and I fought… hard. And, as my parents wouldn't allow knee drops, when we couldn't convince each other of our opinions or who was “right”, we would pull out our ultimate weapon...we'd call out Mental Block. And it was imperative to be the first to say it.
What did it mean: I can't hear you, I can't see you, what you're saying has no effect on me…you don't even exist.
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The Power of Hidden Truths Emerging
For decades, high achievers have shared their feelings and experiences with me privately – in therapy and mentoring sessions, behind closed doors. Now, as I bring these conversations beyond individual and group sessions into the open, something extraordinary is beginning to unfold.
As these hidden patterns are acknowledged publicly, it creates permission for collective recognition and healing. The energy locked in private struggles begins to transform into creative power. [...]
High Achievers: Who Else Has Been Labelled Difficult
High Achievers – outliers, trailblazers, innovators – are often labeled “difficult.” Too intense, too demanding, too argumentative, too dismissive of others.
The very qualities that make us “difficult” are often the same ones that drive our greatest contributions. [...]