We’re told to aim high, dream big. We set ambitious goals—get the promotion, sell the company, win the medal. But when the thrill fades, we often ask, why doesn’t this feel as good as I thought it would?

Maybe it’s because the real target isn’t the achievement itself; it’s the feeling we think it will give us: pride, respect, confidence, or a little more peace. That’s the true goal.

Coaches and leaders can have outsized, if not the most, impact on someone’s development in their career. This is my story, these are my coaches, and these are the lessons I learned.

What’s the goal, and what matters most in achieving it? Whether you're leading a business or pushing a bobsled, these two questions are crucial for peak performance. But how do we know what to prioritize?

I sat down with three medalists from Paris 2024 and after three hours at dinner and an hour+ on stage with them, here's what I learned and was reminded about when handling negativity in our lives.

Sometimes bad things happen. It’s part of life. Sometimes we see it coming, sometimes we don’t, but we still choose to move forward, despite the risks. It could be a major event like a car accident or the gradual loss of control over our time. Maybe it's a career change with its own risks and rewards. Whatever it is, tomorrow still arrives and we have decisions to make.

A conversation with my seven-year-old turned into a lot more than I bargained for that quickly turned into diving into mattering, leadership, and how our own choices play into so many aspects of our lives.

Anyone striving to do big things often find themselves in a silent, internal battle—one between the pull of gratefulness and the push of discontent. 

As the world watches the Paris Olympics, the pinnacle of human athleticism and dedication, viewers might notice a common, yet intriguing, phenomenon: athletes yelling at the peak of their performance.

Let’s reframe the insanity of the pursuit of greatness to what it is, thousands of mini-bets on our own futures.

Have we been lied to about this self-awareness thing? Well, not entirely… but there certainly is more than meets the eye.

The history of “Perfect” is a fascinating origin that has nothing to do with today’s obsessive culture around the word and concept. But, what does that mean for us?

If you’ve ever laid awake in bed at night worrying about something, questioning a decision you made, or re-running a frustrating conversation you had with somebody - you have an idea of what I’m talking about. 

In the pursuit of excellence, often minimalism is a feature, not a bug.

Changes in life come through many avenues - sometimes we’re fortunate enough to be aware of when those changes need to come and we can be grateful for the experience we had. This is my story.

14 years on, winning Olympic gold means this to me…

I'm someone who loves the journey. When I look back on the glorious decade I was fortunate enough to spend sliding down mountains, wearing tights, competing for my country... What I remember the most aren't the days that we raised the flag over German soil, our biggest rivals, but rather the days in the gym in the summertime, the endless discussions around shin angles and hip flexion, and the wintertime truck drives on the Autobahn.

What’s the way to turn our “shoulds” into “musts”? It’s not that hard and the difference is everything.