221: Leading Through Inclusion: How Accessibility Drives Innovation and Growth

What I like to say about that is strategy is now discernment.

And then discernment becomes leadership, a leadership skill.

especially when everything feels so urgent.

And that's where that discernment, right? Like having this plan of what deserves my energy and for how long is so important.

And I think in this year, like 2026, that's where the leaders that will understand that will become more successful because it's not just about doing everything and understanding everything and finding everything and staying on top of everything, right? It's about discernment.

What deserves my energy? And what is important that I need to focus on and lean in versus what it's not.

That goes back to setting some boundaries around, okay, how far down this rabbit hole do I go?

Yeah.

Have you read a 10 times is easier than two times that book? No, tell me more.

So it was basically kind of what you were just saying.

So basically trying to make you work smarter.

So you think that you're getting all this work done because you're working all of these hours and, But actually what you should be doing is working less, but being more focused with your energy.

So I've been trying to do a lot more of that, actually kind of structuring days a lot more.

So you've got kind of time to be creative, time to work on your strategy and being really intentional about that as well.

But it's a good book.

I recommend

it.

Julia, this is my bragging moment.

I have faced that before I even heard of there is a book because the only reason why I am able to operate at the capacity that I am is because of that focus, like really deep focus on what's important and what matters.

So I have time for the things that I'm actually interested in doing more of, like I have do bodybuilding competitions, Ironman training, writing a book, hosting different podcasts, being a guest on many podcasts, speaking at events.

All of that is really outside of making money with the event production side of things.

Yes, I do make money while I speak at events.

But still, in order to be doing the things that I'm also really wanting to move towards more in the future, You have to be able to free yourself from other tasks, from other things that will eat you alive if you don't have a very focused way of organizing your schedule, of setting boundaries around yourself.

So I think that's super, super important.

Like you just said, I didn't know there's a book, but thank you very much.