THE GRIP
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WHAT’S BETTER THAN BEING RIGHT? A LIFE THAT WORKS
Being right doesn’t scale your vision; workability does. This issue of The Grip explores how upgrading from right/wrong to workability frees leaders to create clarity, impact, and scale.
ENOUGH ALREADY!
Your inner critic isn’t discipline; it’s sabotage. High-performing leaders often mistake self-criticism for fuel, but in reality it hijacks creativity, drains energy, and infects every relationship they lead.
This issue of The Grip unpacks how overwork and harsh self-talk aren’t strategies but symptoms of unworthiness—and why compassion toward yourself is the most powerful leadership move you can make.
Learn how to transform your inner dialogue from abuse to empowerment, break the cycle of “never enough,” and create a leadership presence that multiplies clarity, generosity, and impact across your team, culture, and legacy.
WHY MANAGE TIME…WHEN YOU CAN MULTIPLY IT?
This issue of The Grip explores how leaders can transform their relationship with time from scarcity to mastery. Discover how to stop spending time like it’s slipping away and start investing it to multiply results, clarity, and ease.
LOVE
Love isn’t a “soft skill.” It’s the ultimate renewable resource for mission-driven leaders. In this issue of The Grip, discover how leading from love fuels resilience, creativity, and results that endure without the grind.
THE MASTER’S OBSESSION:
This issue of The Grip reframes obsession as a leadership superpower. Through vivid portraits of Emperor Meiji, Sheryl Sandberg, and Kobe Bryant, you’ll learn how to harness your hunger to create legacy without burnout.
SURVIVAL IS SELFISH…WHEN YOU’RE MADE TO MULTIPLY
Leaders aren’t meant to scrape by—they’re meant to multiply. This issue of The Grip reveals how to move from survival mode to intentional overflow that sustains your mission and empowers others to thrive.
WHEN POWER KNEELS
This issue of The Grip reveals how service-driven leaders flip the org chart to multiply authority, unlock trust, and unleash team capacity. Learn the counterintuitive path to more impact, freedom, and growth.
FULLY COMMITTED:
Commitment turns wishes into reality and moves leaders from stagnation to powerful action.
When visionary leaders choose total commitment, they shift identity, focus energy, and turn bold vision into scaled impact.
THE GAME YOU WERE BORN TO PLAY
This issue reveals how context shapes your results and explores how visionary leaders intentionally create their own playing field to make the impossible inevitable. It connects inner transformation with outer impact across business, leadership, and culture.
LEADERS DON’T BREAK HABITS THEY BREAK IDENTITY TRAPS
Break the cycle of disempowered habits by shedding the identity that created them. Discover how visionary leaders change their behavior by first redefining-reinventing-recreating who they are.
YOU BUILT IT…BUT DO YOU WANT IT?
Many successful leaders feel empty at the top. This issue of The Grip reveals how misaligned values and chronic “nexting” quietly steal satisfaction and how to reclaim success that feeds your soul.
LANGUAGE: THE MASTER TOOL YOU’RE UNDERUSING
Most people use language to describe reality—but visionary leaders use it to create it. Learn how upgrading the words you speak can shift identity, drive bold action, and generate extraordinary results in business and life.
TO BE OR NOT TO BE…THAT IS THE DRIVER
If you’re doing everything right but still not getting the results you want, it’s time to look beyond strategy. This issue of The Grip reveals how your way of Being—not your tactics—is the true driver of results in leadership, business, and life.
RESPONSE ABILITY
Learn how radical responsibility empowers leaders to transform breakdowns into bold moves. This issue of The Grip reveals how to replace blame with ownership, fueling momentum, freedom, and sustainable leadership growth.
WHY ‘BETTER’ KEEPS YOU FEELING BROKEN
Many high-achievers unknowingly chase self-improvement from the belief that they’re broken. This issue of The Grip reveals how true transformation begins—not with fixing yourself—but by remembering you’re already enough.
INTENTIONAL RENEWAL:
We want growth, but we resist the pruning. We crave reinvention, but we hesitate at what must die.
Renewal isn’t just an idea; it’s a lived process, and if you’re in it right now, it might feel more like destruction than transformation.
But there’s a way to move through it with mastery—one that requires embracing its paradoxes instead of fighting them.
STAGNATION: THE STEALTHY THREAT YOU NEVER SEE COMING
Stagnation is a state or condition marked by lack of flow, movement, or development. It is a death knoll for the human mind & body, relationships, businesses, economies, and countries.
Particularly for The Innovator Leader, one thing is clear: stagnation is agony. It consistently ranks in the top 10 struggles reported by entrepreneurs, founders, business owners, and creatives.
THE SPEED OF LESS
Many of us have a habit of saying yes to new commitments without first making room for them in our lives. At a certain point, Bob decided he would remedy this for himself by proactively quitting something every week.
And the result? A life with less stress and more clarity, energy and impact. In today’s issue of The Grip, we’re illuminating this paradox of slowing down to speed up; how pruning back produces more.
LEADERS UNDER FIRE
Imagine this: You’re at the helm of a rapidly growing company, faced with a tidal wave of societal pressure. The world is demanding that you take a stand on divisive cultural issues—issues that, while important, have little to do with your mission.
The noise is deafening.
The critics are loud.
What do you do?
SELF-MASTERY
The stoic philosopher, Epictetus put it this way, "No man is free who is not master of himself."
At The Grip, our mission is to simplify and de-mystify this critical skill so you actually enjoy doing what it takes to master yourself—you’re much more likely to excel at it when you do.
In this week’s issue we’ve curated 10 of the most powerful books on self-mastery—each one a masterclass in building focus, clarity, and discipline.
Whether you’re leading a team, building a business, or creating a life of impact, these books are tools to create the life you know you’re capable of.