Read this issue on the blog Momentum vs Motivation: What Actually Drives High Performance? Welcome to The Shift — your weekly dose of insights to create more energy, clarity, and momentum in work and life. Most leaders are chasing motivation. That surge. That spark. That Monday energy. But motivation is emotional. And emotion is unreliable. It rises. It dips. It disappears under pressure. Momentum is different. Momentum is structural. It’s built. Motivation Feels Powerful. Momentum Is...
14 days ago • 1 min read
Read this issue on the blog The Hidden Cost of Being “Always On” Welcome to The Shift — your weekly dose of insights to create more energy, clarity, and momentum in work and life. Being available feels like leadership. Quick replies. Open calendars. Constant access. But here’s the truth most leaders don’t want to hear: Being “always on” is one of the fastest ways to drain your energy—without noticing it. Not because the work is hard. Because the interruptions are endless. Availability Has a...
28 days ago • 2 min read
Read this issue on the blog Momentum Shift: Why 2026 Requires a Different Kind of Leadership Welcome to The Shift — your weekly dose of insights to create more energy, clarity, and momentum in work and life. Most leaders don’t lack potential. They’re short on momentum. They’re doing more meetings, setting more goals, stacking more priorities—and still wondering why things feel heavy, slow, or stuck. That’s the leadership problem heading into 2026. Not a motivation problem. Not a talent...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Read this issue on the blog The 4 Human Flight Zones: Why Most People Feel Busy but Go Nowhere Welcome to The Shift — your weekly dose of insights to create more energy, clarity, and momentum in work and life. Most people don’t lack motivation. They lack location. They’re busy all day—emails, meetings, tasks—but nothing seems to move forward. That’s not a productivity issue. It’s a systems issue. Before any pilot applies power, they first establish position and awareness. Because speed...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Read this issue on the blog Why Most January Goals Fail at the Same Point Welcome to The Shift — your weekly dose of insights to create more energy, clarity, and momentum in work and life. Every January starts the same way. New goals. Fresh motivation. Big commitments. And yet—by February, most of it stalls. Not because people lack discipline. Not because they didn’t want it badly enough. Most January goals fail at the same point—a point most people don’t even realize exists. The Commitment...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Read this issue on the blog The Finish Line Is Loud - The Training Is Silent Welcome to The Shift — your weekly dose of insights to create more energy, clarity, and momentum in work and life. This past weekend in Vancouver, I competed in a mixed doubles HYROX race with my wife. It was brutal. Demanding. Incredibly rewarding. 8 x 1-kilometer runs and 8 x exercises between. Race day, like most visible moments in life, is loud. There’s a clock. A result. Photos. Applause. A finish line. But that...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Read this issue on the blog Fuel Planning for Leaders: Why High Performers Run Out of Energy Mid-Flight Welcome to The Shift — your weekly dose of insights to create more energy, clarity, and momentum in work and life. Most people don’t fail because they run out of time. They fail because they run out of energy. In aviation, pilots don’t “hope” they’ll have enough fuel. They plan reserves, calculate burn rates, and build margin long before takeoff. Leadership is no different — yet most...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Read this issue on the blog Finish Strong: The Power Of The Last 1% Welcome to The Shift — your weekly dose of insights to create more energy, clarity, and momentum in work and life. If you want January to feel lighter, faster, and clearer… the work starts now. This week’s Shift is about the tiny final push that creates outsized momentum. Most people start the year at full throttle… and end it on fumes. High performers do the opposite. They treat December like the last 1%—the small stretch...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Open in Browser The 3 Shifts That Build Real Momentum Today at a Glance: Something new is coming 3 shifts to build momentum Momentum Mondays! Hey, it’s Chris — Something new is coming next week. (You may have noticed some differences recently in the newsletter.) I’ve been working behind the scenes on an evolution of this newsletter — the next step in helping you create more energy, clarity, and momentum in your life and work. I’ll share all the details soon, but for now, I wanted to give you...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Open in Browser Shift Happens: Staying Steady When Things Don’t Go as Planned Welcome to the new members of the Work to Live community who have joined us this week. Join the others who are receiving cutting-edge career-inducing content every single week. Subscribe Now! Today at a Glance: The power of a Momentum Shift What to do when Shift Happens Commit forward Last week, I had the opportunity to speak at the CPHR Saskatchewan 2025 Future Forward Conference in Saskatoon in front of 360+ HR...
5 months ago • 2 min read