Beyond Boundaries Blog:
Unlocking Potential at the
Edge of Possibilities
Self leadership is talked about constantly.
It is often framed as mindset, resilience, discipline or personal development.
But in practice, self leadership is behavioural.
This month I experienced that directly.
Recently I found myself repeatedly explaining fine details to a leadership team beca...
Most capable people are not exhausted because they are incapable.
They are exhausted because they are compensating.
Overfunctioning is one of the most socially rewarded behaviours in leadership. It looks like commitment. It looks like reliability. It looks like stepping up.
It also looks like bur...
Something shifted for me after January.
Not in a dramatic way.
Not in a way that would look impressive from the outside.
But very clearly.
Once I stopped rushing myself, I started noticing how often I had been overriding my own signals.
Not because I did not know better, but because moving quickly fe...