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Across of them, five traits kept showing up in the leaders who helped them win repeatedly.

Said out loud, finally.

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September 22, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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Who have you become?

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September 22, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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Barkov noticed, and he reached over, put his arm around Marchand, and guided him back towards where the team was going.

Backwards, actually.

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September 21, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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The research looks across 30 years of the NHL

Sit with that number.

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September 21, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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What if being useful is keeping you hidden?

Supporting everyone else can become a way of avoiding support yourself.

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September 20, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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whether it's things like that

Both true. Sit with that.

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September 19, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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They don't have the the the fractional cmo roster where they can say

That's the quiet part.

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September 19, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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Why did you share that with me?

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September 18, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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some of that had sort of trickled down to me to kind of say

Not what you think.

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September 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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And I like put up my hand

Yeah.

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September 17, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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you know, you've got to find a place where it's going to align with your values.

Read that again.

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September 17, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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Lauragaye Jackson is on Paper Napkin Wisdom tomorrow.

A fractional CMO and executive coach

One napkin: Why Starting Over Is the Wrong Frame.

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September 16, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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The next time you feel yourself adding pressure?

This is you.

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September 16, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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And maybe you've noticed that sometimes the pressure you feel in a room has very little to do with the people who are actually sitting in it.

Yeah.

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September 15, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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The problem is you brought another room with you

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September 15, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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It can also come out through taking responsibility for things that don't belong to you

Hold both at once.

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September 15, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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And you can recognize that it may have made sense at this pertinent time

That's the quiet part.

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September 14, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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What if the messenger isn’t the problem?

The part of feedback we would rather blame on someone else

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September 13, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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know that they're maybe struggling with their identity?

Both true. Sit with that.

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September 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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And it said, what if it's less about what you do and more about why you do it?

True story.

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September 12, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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Laura talked about the shift from anticipation to dread.

Sit with that number.

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September 11, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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I understand not just the strategic choices that they need to make

Ouch.

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September 11, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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Because the thought process I kept having was?

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September 10, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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They walked out the room

Turns out, no.

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September 10, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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There were things that passed me by

This is you.

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September 9, 2026 at 10:02 AM