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    • Why Building Other People’s Legacies Is the Real Direction of Leadership
    • “Sounds Like Monday’s Problem” — A Lesson in Mental Boundaries
    • Morning Coffee, Quiet Time, and the Question: How Do I Become a Better Me in 2026?
    • The Digital Compass: Finding Direction in a Noisy World
    • Returning to Center — The Quiet Strength You Build Midweek
    • You Don’t Have 24 Hours. You Have 168.
    • Closing the Year: Reflecting on Change, Letting Go, and Setting Direction
  • Change
    • Week Three — When Change Gets Boring
    • Week Two — When Change Gets Quiet
    • From French Bread to Garlic Focaccia — What Bread Taught Me About Change (Again)
    • Week One — Change Is Already Happening
    • From Dutch Oven to Focaccia: What Bread Taught Me About Change
    • Closing the Year: Reflecting on Change, Letting Go, and Setting Direction
    • Awareness Before Change
    • Calibrating the Compass: When Goals Shift and Life Changes
    • From Streetlights to AI: Lessons in Fear, Change, and Opportunity
    • Reset the Compass, When the Wind Changes, So Should You
  • Cloud
    • Expert Mode, No Guardrails — But With Control
    • Single-Cloud First Was the Discipline — Now Let’s Talk About Movement
    • Single-Cloud First: Discipline, Not Dogma
    • Identity First: The Only Control Plane That Survives Every Cloud Decision
    • Agentic AI Isn’t Breaking Systems — It’s Exposing What We’ve Been Ignoring
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Posts Tagged ‘morning routine’

Before the World Wakes Up: Owning Your First Hour

By mearls | February 11, 2026
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Why owning your first hour — before phones and notifications — builds clarity, discipline, and leadership. A reflection on rhythm, mindset, and intentional mornings.

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Morning Coffee, Quiet Time, and the Question: How Do I Become a Better Me in 2026?

By mearls | January 4, 2026
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A quiet morning, coffee in hand, reflecting on purpose, balance, and what it really means to make 2026 with intention—not hacks.

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When Quiet Finds You — The Micro-Joys of a Snowfall Morning

By mearls | December 2, 2025
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Sometimes quiet doesn’t ask permission — it just shows up with fresh snow, warm coffee, and a reminder to notice what matters.

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