Choices and impact

Tuesday, August 5

You made about 35,000 decisions yesterday.
Most of them didn’t seem like a big deal.

Get up or hit snooze.
Journal or scroll.
Be present in the meeting or just be in the room.
Give actual feedback or a quick “good job” and move on.

Each choice felt minor. Insignificant.
But they weren’t.

Every decision you make is shaping two things: the person you’re becoming and the culture you’re creating.

It’s not the big speech that builds trust.
It’s showing up prepared.
Listening fully.
Following through when it’s inconvenient.
Doing what you said you would do - especially when no one’s watching.

Your team isn’t inspired by your intentions.
They’re impacted by your consistency.

You don’t become a great leader in a moment.
You become one in the thousands of ordinary moments that feel like they don’t matter.

But they do.
They matter deeply.

The leader you’ll be five years from now?
That person is being built today. One small, intentional decision at a time.

So choose like it matters.
Because it does.
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Keep chopping wood. 🪵🪓

-Kevin