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Traditional male bonding never really appealed to me. Playing sports, social drinking, video games, fishing, hunting, camping, gambling, smoking cigars, insulting each other, working with tools, and of course, sexual conquesting, these activities do almost nothing for me. I love my male friends, enjoy spending time with them, and value guy time as an important part of my growth. But spending eleven hours sitting around a lake, drinking beer…

My least favorite superhero movie trope is the supportive but mortal spouse who continues to implore her workaholic, messianic husband to just stop all the madness. Stop your blind drive to invent, create, build, kill all the bad guys, save the world, leave a legacy for the next generation, and for once in your goddamn life, just rest. Rest, you idiot. Respect your limitations. Surrender this childish god complex….

It’s easy to set boundaries when you’re only accountable to yourself. But when you have a manager, direct reports, coworkers, clients, company founders, and so on, it gets a bit more complicated. Here are several scenarios, some of which are in the person’s control, some of which are not. See if you can spot the difference. You would love nothing more than to make the resolution to not accept…

Support groups have been transformative for my adult life, both personally and professionally. Monthly masterminds, weekly men’s groups, spiritual communities, quarterly networking clubs, these social networks have helped me grow and connect in powerful ways. What’s more, they’ve helped me contribute to the growth of others. As the saying goes, sometimes you need the group, sometimes the group needs you. But something I’ve noticed along the way is, not…

During a leadership meeting years ago, our employee survey reported that our startup had two primary complaints. The first was that our company had a work life balance problem. And the second was that our company had a productivity problem. My immediate reaction was confusion. How is that even possible? Because the first problem would suggest that people are working too much, in which case, they would probably be…