“Wait – who just got promoted around here? You’re kidding me! That 20-something? He’s just a kid! How could he get the nod for a promotion when someone just a few office doors down from him has been here so much longer? It doesn’t make sense!” Have you ever overheard someone in your company hallways talking about a more junior-level person getting promoted ahead of his or her time? In “the old days,” (which weren’t so long ago), it seemed the #1 way to get promoted was tied t

I’ve climbed six or seven mountains in Colorado called the Fourteeners because they’re all approximately 14,000 feet tall. I remember how each climb started. When you begin, you’re saying to yourself, “No way am I going to make it.” The valleys you see in front of you are picturesque but vast and very daunting! It feels insane until you get near the top, turn around and look back at the valleys you just crossed. There’s no magic to it other than putting one foot in front of t