<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Whitehead Leadership]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whitehead Leadership]]></description><link>https://www.whiteheadlm.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 01:19:04 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.whiteheadlm.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Grind Needs a Guide]]></title><description><![CDATA[Discipline gets you to the middle. Something else gets you through it — and five minutes with one person doubled a team's output.]]></description><link>https://www.whiteheadlm.com/post/the-grind-needs-a-guide</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac2bd77d926e3d9b00664ed</guid><category><![CDATA[Insights]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 20:56:23 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>awhitehead9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ducking the Judge]]></title><description><![CDATA[What we call perfectionism isn't high standards. A thing that's never finished can never be judged — and that's precisely the appeal.]]></description><link>https://www.whiteheadlm.com/post/ducking-the-judge</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac2bd59901c627fc3d10586</guid><category><![CDATA[Insights]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 20:55:53 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>awhitehead9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love Her More]]></title><description><![CDATA[The worst advice I ever paid for. And the only advice that worked — on what teenagers actually need from us, and why solving their problems backfires.]]></description><link>https://www.whiteheadlm.com/post/love-her-more</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6abab91114eeeb87d4d13481</guid><category><![CDATA[Insights]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 19:08:31 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>awhitehead9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life Doesn't Get Easier. We Just Start to Care Less.]]></title><description><![CDATA[One version of that is wisdom. The other is burnout. From the outside they look identical — and one question tells them apart.]]></description><link>https://www.whiteheadlm.com/post/life-doesnt-get-easier</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8bb15130d700055ab11dbb</guid><category><![CDATA[Insights]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 19:07:37 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>awhitehead9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything Is Earned]]></title><description><![CDATA[A vision you can't describe in depth isn't a vision — it's a wish. On visualization done properly, and the discipline that turns a picture into a plan.]]></description><link>https://www.whiteheadlm.com/post/everything-is-earned</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a81096740f3daf10ba3cbd9</guid><category><![CDATA[Insights]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 19:07:11 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>awhitehead9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody Taught You How to Receive]]></title><description><![CDATA[You spent thirty years learning to acquire. 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But the more fixed your conclusions, the more your brain hears what it wants to hear instead of what it needs to — what conviction costs your thinking, your opportunities, and the trust of the people around you.]]></description><link>https://www.whiteheadlm.com/post/it-s-important-not-to-know</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3c439543356881844678ca</guid><category><![CDATA[Insights]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:20:30 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>awhitehead9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are You Playing to Win — or Playing Not to Lose?]]></title><description><![CDATA[We compete to win, and that’s healthy. But when losing starts to feel like a threat to your identity, your brain stops being a competitor and becomes a hostage. Why fear of losing is a performance killer — and how to get back in the game.]]></description><link>https://www.whiteheadlm.com/post/are-you-playing-to-win-or-playing-not-to-lose</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3c442e4335688184467b3f</guid><category><![CDATA[Insights]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:20:13 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>awhitehead9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Strength That's Quietly Becoming Your Ceiling]]></title><description><![CDATA[The trait that built your career doesn't switch off when the moment stops needing it. How a signature strength hardens into a ceiling — and how to get your range back.]]></description><link>https://www.whiteheadlm.com/post/the-strength-that-s-quietly-becoming-your-ceiling</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a41e83451416e35e781f929</guid><category><![CDATA[Insights]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:20:02 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>awhitehead9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pessimist and the Optimist Are Normally Right]]></title><description><![CDATA[Both the pessimist and the optimist tend to get what they expect — not by magic, but by neuroscience. How expectation shapes perception, how the brain is wired to find what it looks for, and why deciding to see differently may be the most consequential choice you make.]]></description><link>https://www.whiteheadlm.com/post/the-pessimist-and-the-optimist-are-normally-right</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3c440196e17da783c8084c</guid><category><![CDATA[Insights]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:19:50 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>awhitehead9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stop Searching for Your Purpose]]></title><description><![CDATA[You've been told to find your purpose by looking inward. But the search is the distraction. Purpose was never about getting — it's about giving. 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The neuroscience of drive, why attainment feels flat, and how to design life around the part the brain truly rewards: the climb.]]></description><link>https://www.whiteheadlm.com/post/why-the-summit-feels-flat-and-the-climb-doesn-t</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3b3b21e48ba4122ae8df02</guid><category><![CDATA[Insights]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 20:49:19 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>awhitehead9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excellence Is a Habit]]></title><description><![CDATA[We treat excellence as something we rise to on the big day. The brain treats it as the residue of what we repeat — why willpower is a poor strategy, how repetition wires the standard into place, and what thirty years on Wall Street revealed about who actually lasts.]]></description><link>https://www.whiteheadlm.com/post/excellence-is-a-habit</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3c210696e17da783c7a9bd</guid><category><![CDATA[Insights]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:26:57 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>awhitehead9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Already Know What Matters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ask almost any executive what matters most and you hear the same four words: family, friends, health, freedom — then watch the room change when you ask how those are actually showing up. On the gap between what you value and how you live, and why connection is where it hits hardest.]]></description><link>https://www.whiteheadlm.com/post/you-already-know-what-matters</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3c24b8a6b1dcc288e347ea</guid><category><![CDATA[Insights]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:12:44 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>awhitehead9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winning Is Just the Start]]></title><description><![CDATA[If winning was the answer, the biggest winners would be the happiest people you know — and a lot of them aren’t. Why the win wears off, why having it all can feel like being lost, and what actually fills the gap.]]></description><link>https://www.whiteheadlm.com/post/winning-is-just-the-start</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3c21e7d3ee6fc12ccd8b6f</guid><category><![CDATA[Insights]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:12:29 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>awhitehead9</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>