Breakfast with Stephen
@BreakfastwSteph
Breakfast with Stephen helps you make your voice heard at work, at home, and in the world. http://breakfastwithstephen.substack.com
Your worth is not defined by how much you give. If you tie your value to effort hoping it will earn recognition and belonging, yet end up drained and invisible instead, you're not alone. breakfastwithstephen.substack.com/p/overextensio…
Have you ever had the feeling that, despite your hard work, you aren’t getting the results you want? In all these instances, that voice struggles to find space or resonance. How do you fix it? breakfastwithstephen.substack.com/p/the-right-di…
Why do we freeze at the toughest decisions? It’s not about finding the perfect solution, but listening to every voice, until the quiet, steady one carrying truth makes itself known. breakfastwithstephen.substack.com/p/inner-choir-…
I feel gross when I see the Palestine genocide, Ukraine being traded as a bag of goods, and democracies destroying their hard-fought rights. We are still crumbling under greed, but history bends when ordinary people act with wisdom, kindness, and humanity. And that gives me hope.
You don’t need a set of beliefs to understand what’s right, nor do you require a specific faith to act kindly. Simply being human is enough. Link in bio to read more.
There is strength in deciding that what you have is enough, in resisting the pressure to be dissatisfied. Sometimes, success is not in leaving but in staying and making something whole from what others overlook. breakfastwithstephen.substack.com/p/throne
In leadership and life, waiting for perfect clarity can cost you more than making the wrong decision. So why do so many of us freeze until every piece is in place? Learn how to make decisions with little information. breakfastwithstephen.substack.com/p/puzzle-how-d… #Leadership #DecisionMaking
The quality of decision-making improves dramatically when we consider the longer-term costs and benefits, not just the immediate risks.
Knowing where you stand in the arc shows up in the quiet drop in energy, the absence of curiosity, the subtle resistance that wasn’t there before. It’s also how you feel, because feelings reveal it’s time to change long before your mind can explain why.
Welcome to the glamorous life of the manager, where team members assume you know more than you do, and start filling the grapevine with advice on what you should be doing, based on information you were never actually given by those above you.
Do you treat the relationship with your boss as a strategic alliance? This article explores what happens when you treat your boss like your most important client, and how that shift can transform your professional life. breakfastwithstephen.substack.com/p/upstream-how…
Have you ever exploded at home when you’re really mad about something at work? The tragedy of acquiescence turns well-meaning people into metaphorical pressure cookers. Read how Beth broke free and how you can too. breakfastwithstephen.substack.com/p/acquiescence…
I’m learning that repeating myself is not a sign of failure.
Every experience and relationship in our personal and professional lives moves throughout an arc that begins with a promise, builds gradually toward a crest, and eventually tapers off. How do you know when it’s time to shift? breakfastwithstephen.substack.com/p/the-arc-how-…
When an idea stalls or dies without traction, was it my lack of experience, timing, gender, color, size, or background? What was it? Full piece at Breakfast with Stephen. breakfastwithstephen.substack.com/p/stewards-why…
The dynamics of wanting people to work efficiently and strategically have more to do with the culture in which they operate than with their abilities alone. breakfastwithstephen.substack.com/p/the-real-rea…
The real problem isn’t the people but the system we build, the culture we protect, and what we model every day. If we don’t create the conditions for change, why are we surprised when it doesn’t happen? breakfastwithstephen.substack.com/p/the-real-rea…
We have conversations, some professional, some personal, and then, every so often, some that feel magical. Psychologists refer to this as co-regulation, the process by which two people help each other find balance through presence breakfastwithstephen.substack.com/p/breakfast-wi…
Goals aren’t what keep people going. Direction is. pitypartyover.substack.com/p/eyes-on-the-…
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