Here in the South, Spring is in full swing. That means the weather is nice (minus the tornadoes) and nature is blooming all around us. The downside? Pollen. Lots of pollen.

The more power and influence you have, the more accountable you must be. And if you’re like me and any human being on the planet, you’re bound to make mistakes from time to time. Your intentions don’t matter – messing up is messing up and hurtful behavior is hurtful behavior.

The world of health, exercise, diet, and nutrition is one of the most misunderstood. The science is always evolving, but the facts are often obscured by myths, misconceptions, and outright falsehoods. It makes it tough to know who to listen to!

Success begins with a mindset. This is true regardless of your endeavors, but it is particularly important in leadership. As a leader, your success isn’t just about you. It drives and empowers the success of your team and those looking to your example.

Setting boundaries is a critical step every leader and entrepreneur must take to ensure long-term success and personal well-being. We might think of setting boundaries are something that only applies to interpersonal relationships, but it is just as important to apply to the working world.

A surprising number of leaders struggle with blame-shifting and a victim mentality. Don’t be one of those guys.

Deep down, all of us want to live long, healthy lives – even if our day-to-day actions don’t reflect it. Finding the best avenue to optimize your health, fitness, and nutrition is a very personal journey. It’s often fraught with setbacks and missteps as often as victory.

Your health and wellness journey doesn’t start and stop with your physical body. Our health encompasses our mental and emotional well-being, too. I’m not sure about you, but I know that one of my fears in growing older is the deterioration of my mind.

The health and wellness world is an industry. If you’re trying to get healthy and fit, you’re going to encounter your fair share of shady products, clickbait, and unfounded claims. I know because I sure have! You’re going to be bombarded by opinions on the best diets, whether eggs are good for you, and what the best fat-burning exercises are.

Entrepreneurs are enormously passionate people. We’re the ones people look to when they want an example of go-getters, dream-makers, and innovators. For most people, an entrepreneur is an example of someone who followed their dreams, pursued their passions, and came out of top.

While burnout can creep up on the best of us, recognizing a work-week rut is much easier. You know the feeling: the pit in your stomach on Monday morning, dreading the new work week, watching the clock for closing time, and waiting for the weekend with a sense of desperation.

Great leadership relies on great communication. Whether you’re speaking in front of a crowd or one-on-one, mastery of communication is key. We all know that terrible feeling when we’re speaking, and people are less than engaged. Blank looks, drooping heads, unenthused applause…The thought is enough to make me cringe!

While you might love your job, there are always going to be some things about it that you just dread doing. You may hate, loathe, or fear some of the things on your plate. Like a picky child, we end up pushing them around, poking, prodding, and procrastinating.

By now, you’re likely tired of making new years’ resolutions. We all know how the cycle goes: make our resolutions, stick to it for a few weeks, and then they fade into memory as failed attempts at change. Part of the reason we have trouble sticking to these resolutions is simple: we’re overly ambitious.

Self-awareness is a critical quality in effective leaders. When you’re the employer, the boss, and the big man in charge, it’s tougher to make space for self-evaluation. Our attention tends to be on everyone else’s performance rather than on our own.

By this point, we’re all pretty sick of the idea of the new years’ resolution. For most of us, they end up being useless. We start off with great ambitions for the new year only to let new habits fizzle out within a week or two. That is a highly discouraging result from a practice designed to be motivating and life-changing.

Some people are tough to shop for. Whether you’re the “man who has everything,” or simply don’t know how to answer the burning question of what you want for Christmas, fear not. As a busy entrepreneur, I know you don’t always have the time or energy to put together a holiday wishlist.

We’ve survived Thanksgiving, but the flurry of holiday temptations is far from over. If you’re health conscious like I am, you’re well aware that holiday parties and feasts can be a dietary minefield. But as much as we want to stick to our diet and avoid packing on pounds, we also want to allow ourselves to enjoy and indulge in the festivities.

I’ve been a big proponent of a healthy sleep schedule in the past. That’s still true! Most of us don’t get enough sleep day-to-day, and that deficit catches up with us all. It’s not just about waking up cranky and tired, either – a lack of quality sleep has the potential to disrupt both mind and body.

Although you can contract the flu and other influenza viruses year-round, the Fall and Winter months tend to be the most “active” times for these viruses to strike. Over the past year and a half, we’ve been contending with the COVID-19 pandemic. Protecting ourselves from COVID has, in many ways, protected us from the flu, too.