If your day feels like rush hour, it’s because you’re lane-changing instead of cruising. Simple mindset rituals can put you on the open highway. Why it matters Multitasking wastes time and energy Rituals reduce decision fatigue Real breaks fuel sustainable performance What you’ll learn The “one thing” commitment sentence How to seal distractions Visual timers for 40–90 minute sprints A quick system for random thoughts that pop in LISTEN HERE (19 min) READ SUMMARY P.S. Want this embedded with...
15 days ago • 1 min read
Celebrating Life & Connections. Dia De Los Muertos Festival tent in Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, NC Last weekend, the Día de los Muertos festival hit me right in the values: color, culture, and community. It also made me miss six years of Huatulco trips and the friends we made there. Megan with Jack the Radio Rockin' out: Remember Megan, the waitress who watched my TEDx on her break and came back with notes? We’re friends now. I took her to her first rock show. She asked if she needed earplugs....
19 days ago • 3 min read
Your output follows your environment. Change the room, change your result. Why it matters Context drives cognition. Notifications steal focus by design. Guardrails beat willpower. What you’ll learn Match your room to the task using the cathedral effect. Phone, chat, email: simple settings that protect deep work. Signals and rituals your team will actually respect. LISTEN HERE (28 min) READ THE SUMMARY P.S. Want your whole team aligned? Bring RaderCo in for an Elevate Your Focus program.
21 days ago • 1 min read
Kitchen chaos, PT truths, and surprise book-club love. The kitchen renovation rolls on, and I’m now a whiz at healthy meals powered by a Yeti cooler + microwave combo (shoutout to Hungryroot and Aldi). We’ve only caved to the siren call of takeout once. We also escaped to Greenville, NC, for my husband’s disc golf tournament, where a working sink and oven felt like a luxury resort. Lessons earned: 1) I’d rent a coworking space for a month. 2) We’d move all the furniture to the garage for...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
If your day starts with a swipe, you're letting other people’s agenda and headlines drive your mood and attention. Try this guardrail: Pick three things for your health and wellbeing before any screen time. Even five to ten minutes can make a difference. TACTICS Step outside for morning light Five-minute mobility or foam roll Two minutes of breathwork Three gratitudes and “How I will make today great” Read five pages of a devotional Longer hug with your person or a minute with your pet...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
How high-performance activation goes on - even in a construction zone! In the last two weeks, I’ve helped 1,200+ accountants Break Free From Busy and Elevate Their Focus—so, I've been calling on my inner Yoda to keep my own focus while living in a construction zone... Summoning my inner-Yoda... We’re renovating our kitchen, and thanks to the open-concept living, my office studio is the only available space to store our stuff. (It currently looks like Wayfair threw up in it.) In our...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Think fast...or slow. Your decision style drives your results. Microwave thinking can help when speed is a priority and the decision isn't high-stakes. Crockpot thinking can help when quality is key and the cost is irreversible. In this episode, you'll learn: Guardrails that keep strengths from overcooking Meeting designs that help both introverts and extroverts Home agreements that reduce friction with your opposite LISTEN HERE (24-min) READ THE SUMMARY P.S. Need a keynote or team workshop...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Still riding the high from our fundraiser in Charlotte! Kevin and I at Afrocare CLT 2025 RaderCo Kiva Loan recipient: Bitamay in Bihar, India Our Work Meaningful Foundation board hosted the Afrocare CLT gala to fund a tech lab in Akyremade, Kumasi, Ghana. It was spectacular—live auction, dancing, drumming, and Ghanaian cuisine. (My only request to Chef Awo from this season’s Chopped: “Make it so spicy I regret it in the morning.”) How do you honor a teammate? At RaderCo, we do it with impact...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Low energy is predictable, but it can be meaningful if you're prepared. In this episode, you will: Find your Zombie Window in 3 days Build a reusable Zombie Menu Run a 20-5-20 cadence to accomplish the tasks End with a two-minute tidy and tomorrow’s Top Three LISTEN HERE (10 min) READ THE SUMMARY P.S. Learn more tricks in my latest book - Reclaim Your Workday! PO Box 46832, Raleigh, NC 27620Unsubscribe · Preferences
2 months ago • 1 min read