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Many years ago, I used to write annual birthday essays sharing the most important lessons I’ve learned over time. They were an annual tradition I…

Barrett Brooks
08 September 2025 • 13 min read

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Welcome back to Little Leadership Lessons, my newsletter highlighting short but powerful insights to help you lead with confidence and create lasting results. These lessons…

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You mean one thing. You say one thing. Your words are interpreted through personal filters. You control only two of…

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At the end of a post on choosing family, I thought about adding a “PS: I know everyone’s definition of…

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Maybe your work doesn’t matter much. Maybe you’re not working to solve important problems in the world. Maybe you don’t…

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It’s baffling to me when I see a new entrepreneur ignore the lessons that can be learned from more established…

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Before you can create change, you have to take action. Before you can take action, you have to have courage….

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The New York Times published an exposé outlining egregious people and culture practices at Amazon, from mandatory annual cullings to…