by Cory Charles | Feb 3, 2026 | Growth/Mindset
Let’s clear something up right out of the gate. Grit is not the goal.Grit is the price of admission. Somewhere along the way, we started romanticizing exhaustion.We glorified the grind.We put “no days off” on a hoodie and called it leadership. Cool story.Also…...
by sarah@shareddrive.com | Jun 4, 2025 | Growth/Mindset
(Or Are You Still Waiting for Obi-Wan to Slide Into Your DMs?)From Dumbledore to Morpheus, from Mr. Miyagi to Mary Poppins, one thing’s always been true in storytelling: the mentor always shows up right before the breakthrough....
by sarah@shareddrive.com | May 13, 2025 | Growth/Mindset
You ever notice how Clark Kent is the disguise… not Superman? Think about that. The glasses. The slouch. The timid voice. It’s all a performance. Because the real him? That’s the cape, the confidence, the power. And yet, in the real world, most people are out...
by sarah@shareddrive.com | Apr 22, 2025 | Growth/Mindset
In a world (myself included) obsessed with “authenticity,” here’s a truth most people don’t want to hear: the version of you that got here won’t be the version that gets you there. At some point, if you want to level up, you’re going to have to step into...
by sarah@shareddrive.com | May 9, 2023 | Growth/Mindset
Have you ever heard of a “self-fulfilling prophecy”? It’s a well-documented phenomenon. Basically, it means that if you think things will go wrong— they will. Because you’ve told your brain “DANGER! Something horrible is going to happen, watch out for it…” You’ve...
by sarah@shareddrive.com | Apr 17, 2023 | Growth/Mindset
“I don’t know why I did that.” “Why is this harder for me than other people?” Maybe you’ve had those thoughts cross your mind. Or maybe you and a friend have been somewhere and had completely different recollections of the events that happened… and maybe that...
