Weekly insights on leadership and momentum — read by professionals worldwide. Published every week since 2020.
Feb 16
Systems
In aviation, every aircraft undergoes a Daily Inspection. Not when something feels off.Not after a bad flight.Every single day. It’s quiet. Systematic. Disciplined.Because aircraft don’t usually fail dramatically. They drift. Small...
Feb 9
Energy
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...
Feb 5
Leadership
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...
Jan 19
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...
January has a leadership problem. Every year, leaders sit down with good intentions and do the same thing: They add goals. Add initiatives. Add meetings. Add priorities. And then they wonder why momentum stalls by February. Here’s the...
Jan 12
Most people treat their calendar like a container for time. Block the hours. Fill the gaps. Stay busy. That’s the problem. Time blocks don’t create energy. They only reveal where it’s being spent—or drained. In aviation, no pilot plans...
Jan 5
Most leaders are taught to focus on direction. Set the vision. Paint the future. Inspire people toward what’s next. Direction matters—but it’s not what creates momentum. Momentum comes from decision...
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...
Dec 24
The final week of the year is more than a calendar milestone — it’s a cockpit check. Before you pull the collective and ask your team to climb in January, leaders must pause long enough to see where they actually are. Most people rush...
Dec 22
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-kilometre runs and 8 x exercises between. Race day, like most visible moments in life, is loud...
Dec 11
Most people think momentum is a mood. In reality, momentum is a system — built, broken, rebuilt, and refined by what you do daily. Inside the Momentum Shift framework, we teach two forces that quietly shape every leader’s progress: The 5...
Dec 8
Most leaders think they need massive change to create massive results. But the truth is simpler: momentum is built on small, intentional shifts repeated consistently. In helicopters, one millimetre of cyclic input can change the entire...
Nov 27
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...
Nov 20
Most people aren’t stuck because they’re lazy. They’re stuck because they’re busy. Full calendars. Constant emails. Endless tasks. It feels productive — but nothing actually moves.Work does not equal progress...
Nov 17
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...
Nov 11
Earlier this month, I found myself typing this newsletter somewhere between Hawaii’s sunrise and Washington’s skyline — a reminder that momentum doesn’t stop when you travel. It just changes shape. When you’re on the move, it’s easy to...
Oct 27
Over the past decade — from flying helicopters in remote mountains to building a business from scratch — I’ve learned that momentum doesn’t come from doing more. It comes from shifting how you move through challenges...
Oct 23
What if the best way to grow your business and career was to protect your energy first? We talk a lot about time management. Calendars. Schedules. Productivity hacks. But here’s the truth: you don’t run out of time — you run out of energy...
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