I don’t know about you, but I love this time of year. For me, it’s a time for reflection and review and recalibration, and that’s why this week I wanted to share with you one of the most valuable tools from my personal tradecraft toolkit: Capturing Your Year. Now, I…

“If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself…” Ahhh, the Perfectionist’s Creed. I love these words because I can predict with almost 100%-accuracy how many leaders and entrepreneurs and high-achievers and change-makers (like you!) have them playing in a loop in their heads pretty much all…

Many years ago, I was chatting with one of my cousins when she casually mentioned that I was one of her role models, and that I had been for a long time. …

A few weeks ago, I shared some ideas for how all of us can increase our income in small but immediate ways, and this week I’d like to talk about wealth. You see, one of the main misconceptions about wealth is that you can tell who is wealthy: the rich…

Many years ago, I met an early-stage business owner who was quite literally working himself into a heart attack and seeing nothing of his family because — as he put it — “I want to build a legacy for my family.” And it hit me then, and it hits me…

Last week I hit a major milestone towards a physical goal I’d set for myself this year: I did six chin-ups in a row without stopping (my goal is to get to seven… so close!). And after I hit six, my first reaction was “Yes!!! I just reached a personal…

Amidst the broader social conversations happening recently around access and autonomy and power and privilege, one of the things that has galled me most is that too many of us are still having to ask for permission to access the illusory “level playing field” and “equal protection” others enjoy implicitly. …

Back in the early days of starting my first business, I had some pretty ugly moments. I would find myself looking around at the other founders I knew and wishing for a piece of their action. There always seemed to be someone else doing more, making more, and achieving more…

Enlightened swagger (n) — a Rupal-ism that describes the process of internalizing that anything is possible for you (the swagger) while owning the truth that being who you are and owning who that is doesn’t have to be an in-your-face endeavour (the enlightened part) There’s so much noise and conflicting…