Michelle Berman-Mikel
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- Sep 28, 2026
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Leaders Grow by Taking the Stairs (opens the original)
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If there is one thing I have learned about being a new mother again — my second son is only five months old — it is that my own desires can still exist. The way toward them is just slower. Like taking the stairs. But there is also something running that has forced on me. Patience. Something I’m fairly certain was missing as a chromosome in my DNA when I was born. But when you want to chase a faster half marathon time, and you also want to nurse your exclusively breastfed son as long as you possi
Why Slowing Down can be a Leadership Advantage (opens the original)
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Every leader knows what it feels like to think, “I shouldn’t have to slow down.” That feeling is universal. Leadership is a balancing act. Most days, it feels like you’re walking a balance beam, arms stretched wide, quietly praying, Please don’t fall. Somewhere along the way, we’ve convinced ourselves that slowing down means we’re falling behind. That if we’re not moving at full speed, we’re losing momentum. But what if the exact opposite is true? Yesterday, I ran nine miles. The first five felt
Leadership Pressure and the Internal Dialogue it Triggers (opens the original)
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I don’t know about you, but I seem to face my biggest demons head-on in the midst of a long run on the back farm roads of my little town in Tennessee. There is this constant push and pull throughout my six-plus miles on a Sunday morning where, in one thought, I’m praising myself, feeling like my feet are light and I’ve got this. Then, in the very next breath, it switches to, “I suck.” Or, “I failed at that terribly, and I need to hurry up and figure it out.” It is odd how strong the pull back an
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