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The Intelligence Trap: Why Your Brain Might Be Blocking Your Breakthrough

Nov 5, 2025 | Emotional Intelligence | 0 comments

You’re smart. Maybe too smart for your own good. You built a company, decoded markets, led people smarter than you, and made your way into rooms you once only dreamed of. You’re used to knowing things – and preparing yourself thoroughly before you enter a room....
Leadership Journeys [248] – Ryan Howsam -“With structure and the right direction, success becomes inevitable.”

Leadership Journeys [248] – Ryan Howsam -“With structure and the right direction, success becomes inevitable.”

Nov 3, 2025 | Podcast | 0 comments

This is the Leadership Journey series on the Choosing Leadership Podcast. I believe we all have a lot to learn from each other’s stories – of where we started, where we are now, and our successes and struggles on the way. With this series of interviews, my...

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Recent Articles

  • The Intelligence Trap: Why Your Brain Might Be Blocking Your Breakthrough
  • Leadership Journeys [248] – Ryan Howsam -“With structure and the right direction, success becomes inevitable.”
  • Why People Are Not Getting Your Strategy (And How to Fix It)
  • Leadership Journeys – Steven Meersman – “ You can never achieve balance because then you’re standing still and you die”
  • Leadership Journeys [247] – Jag Dhanda – “Great teams grow from passion, clear vision, and strong communication.”
  • SALES – Three Levels of Communicating What You Do
  • The Stone in Your Shoe: Why Commitment Comes Before Everything Else
  • Leadership Journeys [246] – Tom Gegax – “The consultant said the problem was me—and after cancer, divorce, and a failing business, I was finally ready to hear it.”
  • Don’t Wait for Inspiration or Motivation. Create It Like Winners Do.
  • Leadership Journeys [245] – Syed Ahmed – “What people wouldn’t know around me is i prefer solitude”
  • The Invisible Weight of Success: What Nobody Tells You About Making It
  • Leadership Journeys [244] – Conor McGowan Smyth – “I have a deep hunger to explore—both the world and my spiritual side.”
  • The Leadership Loops Nobody Talks About (But Everyone Keeps The Drama Going)
  • Leadership Journeys [243] – Gillian-Alexandre Huart – “When I was in Belgium, I was called French. When I was in France, I was called Belgian.”
  • Leadership Journeys [242] – Kahraman Yigit – “The best manager is the one who replaces himself”
  • Leadership Journeys [241] – Zach Smith – “Connection through new cultures or places can spark powerful inner growth.”
  • Leadership Journeys [240] – Jonne Välilä – “Most things—whether in life or business—just aren’t worth the stress.”
  • Leadership Journeys [239] – Steven Meersman – “ You can never achieve balance because then you’re standing still and you die”
  • Why Action Is Its Own Greatest Reward (and how not needing anything unlocks your greatest power)
  • Leadership Journeys [238] – Saasha Celestial-One – “Every dollar that you spend is a vote for the world that you wanna live in”
  • Leadership Journeys [237] – Anant Agarwal – “ Sales is vanity. Profit is sanity, and cash is reality. “
  • You Are Aiming Too Low: The Power of Impossible Goals
  • Leadership Journeys [236] – Jason Foster – “People do their best work when they feel safe to disagree.”
  • Leadership Journeys [235] – Jonathan Brun – “Anything valuable and lasting takes time to build.”
  • Leader Manager Coach: Mastering the 3 States of Being

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