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Stop Rolling With the Punches You’re Throwing

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“Nav­i­gat­ing Social Inter­ac­tions: To roll with the punch­es is good—to stop doing things that make peo­ple want to punch you is bet­ter!” ~ Note to Self Chronicles—TonyBrigmon.com We’ve all heard it: devel­op thick­er skin, don’t take things per­son­al­ly, be resilient. And sure, that’s use­ful advice in a world that won’t always han­dle you gen­tly. But … Read more

The Third Little Piggy Had Roast Beef (And Your Opinion About It Doesn’t Matter)

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“Porky Per­spec­tives: The 3rd lit­tle pig­gy had roast beef—not all pig­gies are veg­e­tar­i­ans. And some do go wee-wee-wee all the way home—deal with it!”* ~ Note to Self Chronicles—TonyBrigmon.com Look, we all grew up with the same nurs­ery rhymes. We know the pig­gies. We’ve mem­o­rized their entire sto­ry­line. But here’s the plot twist nobody warned … Read more

The Champion’s Playbook: Why the Best Move Might Be Walking Away

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“Cham­pi­on’s Play­book: Play your own game—do what you do best. Make your own rules—from expe­ri­ence. Quit when you’re ahead—walk away a cham­pi­on!” ~ Note to Self Chronicles—TonyBrigmon.com Let’s talk about quit­ting. Not the giv­ing-up, I‑can’t‑do-this, throw­ing-in-the-tow­el kind. The strate­gic, I‑know-my-worth, I’m‑done-here kind. The kind that makes peo­ple uncom­fort­able because it does­n’t fit our cul­tur­al obses­sion … Read more

Stop Talking and Start Asking: The Leadership Question Nobody Wants to Hear

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“Want to Lead? Effec­tive lead­ers are known by the ques­tions they ask rather than the state­ments they make. Start ask­ing smarter ques­tions!” ~ Note to Self Chronicles—TonyBrigmon.com So, here’s a weird thing about lead­er­ship: we’ve some­how decid­ed that the per­son who talks the most is in charge.  You know the type—walks into a meet­ing, imme­di­ate­ly … Read more

The Problem with ‘Bloom Where You’re Planted’

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“Bloom Where Plant­ed: It’s not where you were plant­ed, it’s how you choose to grow. Amaz­ing what you can grow out of or into—when you choose to do so!” ~ Note to Self Chronicles—TonyBrigmon.com Let’s be honest—this quote is the kind of thing that gets embroi­dered on throw pil­lows and shared with sun­rise pho­tos. It’s … Read more

 How to Be a Pillar, Not a Plaster

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“Invis­i­ble Bat­tles, Vis­i­ble Sup­port: Those who have been ‘there’ rec­og­nize the strug­gle no one else sees in one who is ‘there’—and will be ‘there’ for them! Be that pil­lar of strength for oth­ers.” ~ Note to Self Chron­i­cles—TonyBrigmon.com I keep cir­cling back to that word: there. It’s such a sim­ple word, but it holds so much. … Read more

Are You Hiding in a Committee?

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“Com­mit­tee Conun­drum: Where bril­liant minds unite to per­fect the art of col­lec­tive inaction—break free and be the lone wolf of progress!” ~ Note to Self Chron­i­cles—TonyBrigmon.com So, you’re in a meeting—you know the type. The one where you spend 45 min­utes debat­ing the philo­soph­i­cal impli­ca­tions of the word “lever­age” in a project title. You leave … Read more

The Beautiful, Brutal Truth About Building What Lasts

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“There are no per­fect mar­riages; just two flawed peo­ple refus­ing to walk away—who dis­cov­er they’re hap­pi­er togeth­er.” ~ Note to Self Chronicles—TonyBrigmon.com This is one of those lines that feels sim­ple until you sit with it for a minute. And then it starts to unrav­el every­thing we’ve been sold about how things are sup­posed to … Read more

The Art of Forward Focus: Why Fixing Beats Faulting Every Time

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The Art of For­ward Focus: Why Fix­ing Beats Fault­ing Every Time “For­ward Focus: Blam­ing is shaming—and solves noth­ing. Fix­ing, not fault­ing, moves things forward—fix it!” ~ Note to Self Chron­i­cles— TonyBrigmon.com Pic­ture this: You’re at work and some­thing goes spec­tac­u­lar­ly wrong. Maybe a project crash­es. Maybe a dead­line whoosh­es past like a missed train. What … Read more

When Potholes Become Scenic Routes: The Beautiful Art of Being Flawed and Fabulous

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When Pot­holes Become Scenic Routes: The Beau­ti­ful Art of Being Flawed and Fab­u­lous “Flawed and Fab­u­lous: Love finds beau­ty, even on paths lined with flaws—proof that even pot­holes can lead to scenic routes. Laugh more, love always!” ~ Note to Self Chronicles—TonyBrigmon.com Ever tried to plug in a USB cable in the dark? You flip … Read more

Why Knowledge Sharing is the Ultimate Life Hack (And It’s FREE!)

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Why Knowl­edge Shar­ing is the Ulti­mate Life Hack (And It’s FREE!) “Pow­er of Shar­ing Knowl­edge: Tell me some­thing use­ful that you know for sure. I’ll tell you some­thing use­ful that I know for sure—together, we’ll know more and grow more, for sure!” ~ Note to Self Chronicles—TonyBrigmon.com Here’s some­thing wild: the smartest peo­ple I know … Read more

Last-Minute Mayhem: When Procrastination Packs a Punch

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⏰ Last-Minute May­hem: When Pro­cras­ti­na­tion Packs a Punch “Last-Minute May­hem: The last-minute works—but only if it takes a minute to make it work. Oth­er­wise, it may cost you the works—ouch! Do it now!” ~ Note to Self Chron­i­cles—TonyBrigmon.com We’ve all danced with Dead­line Dan. He’s charm­ing, chaot­ic, and some­how con­vinces us that tomor­row is a … Read more