Emma Strack

89 More Strategy, Less Struggle

by Emma Strack | Jun 5, 2025 | Collaboration, Confidence, Defined aims, Happiness, Leadership, Self awareness

How do you handle a crisis – or a sudden opportunity? 🔹 Throw the kitchen sink at it?🔹 Run around like a headless chicken?🔹 Bury your head… then pull out a last-minute solution? We’ve all been there.And while adrenaline might get you through once – it’s...

88 The Competent Are Tired

by Emma Strack | Jun 3, 2025 | Collaboration, Confidence, Defined aims, Happiness, Leadership, Purpose, Self awareness

They don’t complain.➡️ They deliver.➡️ They pick up the slack; quietly, consistently, reliably. And so… they get leaned on.😮‍💨 More tasks. More trust. More responsibility. 💡 But here’s the risk:Your most capable people often carry the most. With the least...

87 Socially Challenged People Read This

by Emma Strack | Jun 3, 2025 | Confidence, Defined aims, Happiness, Leadership, Purpose, Self awareness

You’ve been told you’re quiet. Awkward. Not confident enough.➡️ Or maybe you’ve just felt that way – and learned to hide it.But at what cost? ✅ You’re not the problem.🎯 You’re unique.🏆 Your version of success shouldn’t look like anyone else’s. What if we...

86 How To Disagree Respectfully

by Emma Strack | Jun 3, 2025 | Confidence, Defined aims, Happiness, Leadership, Purpose, Self awareness

We’re all different.➡️ Different priorities. Different communication styles. Different ways of working and living. Disagreement isn’t a sign something’s wrong.💡 It’s a sign people are engaged – and thinking for themselves. What matters is how we handle it. 💡...

85 Stop Running On Default

by Emma Strack | Jun 2, 2025 | Confidence, Defined aims, Happiness, Leadership, Purpose, Self awareness

Every product we buy, from toasters to Teslas, comes with an operating manual. 👀 But you didn’t. 👉🏼 You’re expected to figure it out; how to think, work, and lead, by trial and error.👉🏼 Usually by following someone else’s lead (who, by definition, works differently to...