🎥 Sunday Reset with Steven – 13 July 2025
“It’s better to be a tiger for one day than a sheep for a thousand years.” -Tibetan Maxim

Here’s a vision for you:
Elon Musk doesn’t wait for perfect conditions to launch rockets.
Beyoncé doesn’t ask permission before dropping an album.
Richard Branson doesn’t wait for certainty before starting a new business.

They move.

Meanwhile, many of us stay stuck- thinking. Re-thinking. Waiting for the perfect moment.

And to remind: These Sunday resets? They’re a space to breathe, reflect, and sharpen your human edge.

This week, I found myself wrestling with my own tendency to overthink.

Iam naturally spontaneous and decisive. But even I slip into “analysis mode”- trying to map every risk, every scenario, before taking the first step.

And you know what I’ve learned the hard way?

While you’re mapping… life is moving.

So here’s a 3 part formula, honed in from my own mentors and my journeys, and I share with leaders I work with:

1️⃣ The decision matters less than the actions that follow.

A decision is just a single spark. The fire comes from the actions you stack on top of it.

The best leaders don’t wait for perfect choices. They choose -and then keep choosing, refining through action, and maintaining a high inner energy.

2️⃣ Trust your adaptability -not just your plans.

Mike Tyson once said:

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”

Planning is good. But your real superpower is your ability to pivot when the unexpected hits.

This week, I was in the thick of a fast-moving project. We launched quickly, hit unforeseen barriers -but adapted because the team stayed connected, creative, and calm. (Yes there were conflicts too, and we returned to the goal!)

And as Les Brown reminds us:

“If you don’t program yourself, life will program you. Draw your own map.”
Overthinking waits for someone else’s map. Leadership is grabbing your own pen.

3️⃣ Most decisions are reversible.

Jeff Bezos breaks decisions into two types:

Type 1 → One-way doors. Big, high-stakes, hard to reverse.
Type 2 → Two-way doors. Lower stakes. Easy to reverse.

Most decisions? They’re two-way doors.
Try it!

If it doesn’t work out, you can pivot, adjust, and move forward stronger.

This connects with a principle I love from Daniel Priestley Oversubscribed:

“People want to join movements, not just buy products.”
Momentum is magnetic.

Waiting for perfect clarity? That’s how businesses-and people -get left behind - in life and business.

“The world rewards those who ship. Not those who endlessly overthink”

So here’s my prompt for you this week:
🔷 What’s one decision you’ve been overthinking… that you could simply act on today?

Because hey .. Tigers change their world -even for a day.

And overthinking? It won’t build your future. Only action will.
Yes, with inspired action combined with higher inner vibration.

This is your hashtag#SundayReset.
I’m Steven.
Keep growing. Keep leading.
Until next Sunday.
Let’s get it!

Sunday Reset July 6 2025

🎥 Sunday Reset with Steven – 5 July 2025

Soil, Circles or Spirals? Think of Oprah. Cristiano Ronaldo. Lady Gaga.

Ever wonder why some people shine for decades - while others burn bright, then fade?

It’s not just talent.
It’s the soil they’re planted in.

→ The people around them.
→ The habits they nurture.
→ The spaces they create for their own growth.

Because greatness isn’t just what’s in you.
It’s also where you’re planted.

This week, a story kept echoing in my mind- the Parable of the Sower from the Gospel of Matthew:

A farmer plants seeds.
Some fall on rocky ground - no roots.
Some fall among thorns - choked out.
But some fall on good soil - and produce an abundant harvest.

Even the best seeds can’t thrive in the wrong ground.

I felt it myself this week - pushing hard on certain goals, yet spinning my wheels.

A friend shared a new perspective on Thursday when I met them for lunch:

Picture a spiral staircase.

Sometimes, it feels like you’re just going in circles.
Same steps. Same views.

But zoom out - and you’ll see:
Every turn lifts you higher.

→ Even if it doesn’t feel like progress right now.

🎬 Denzel Washington once said:

“Ease is a greater threat to progress than hardship.”

And here’s my take:
A certain kind of ease matters -the kind that keeps you in a higher energetic state. Calm. Focused. Clear.

→ When you’re in that vibration, you make better decisions.
→ You avoid chaos and climb your spiral instead of running in circles.

Your environment - the soil you’re planted in- either lifts you up the spiral… or keeps you circling at the same level.

Here’s my prompt for your week:

Are you stuck in circles - or slowly rising on your spiral?

Because progress often hides where you least expect it.
And your roots - and your mission -deserve good soil.

This is your #SundayReset.
I’m Steven.
Keep growing. Keep leading.
Until next Sunday.
Let’s get it!

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🎥 Sunday Reset with Steven - 22 June 2025
Even Sheryl Sandberg.
Even Jonny Wilkinson.
Even Rick Rubin.

They’ve all said the same thing:
Sometimes… they crack.
Not because they’re weak -
But because they care. Deeply.

And this week? I cracked too.
Not dramatically.
Just enough to remind me: Leadership isn’t a performance. It’s pressure.

🎥 This Sunday Reset is personal.

Yesterday 21 June was the Summer Solstice - the longest day of the year.
It also marked a quiet, meaningful milestone in my life.
And it made me reflect on something I turn to often:
The Stockdale Paradox.

“Never lose faith in the end of the story...
But confront the most brutal facts of your current reality.” - Admiral James Stockdale

“I had to face facts, not just dreams. But never let go of hope.” - Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

Both men lived the same truth:
Real leadership lives in the tension between brutal reality and unwavering belief.

That’s it.
The core of real leadership.
Hope and truth. Together.

Jim Collins found it in every company that made the leap from Good to Great.
And I see it in every transformation I help lead eg with boards, with AI, with people.

Here’s what happened this week.

I lost composure in a discussion with someone - let’s say : robotically wired.
All logic. No empathy. No awareness of tone.

But after reflecting, I realised:
They weren’t being difficult.
They were being them. Through their lens.

That’s when Erin Meyer’s The Culture Map came to mind.

“What sounds rude in one culture sounds clear in another.”
This doesn’t just apply to nations.
It applies to teams. To boards. To every room you walk into.

ReLearn with me:

So here are 3 shifts I use when conversations feel like collisions:
1️⃣ Pre-frame curiosity.
Say: “Help me understand how you’re seeing this.”

2️⃣ Default to context.
Ask: “Is this delivery… or design?”
Culture isn’t personal - it’s patterned.

3️⃣ Don’t take a scalpel to a screwdriver job.
Where logic fails, use story.
Where bluntness cuts, translate, don’t retreat.

📌 Quote I’m sitting with this week:

“You must never confuse faith that you will prevail…
with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality.” By Stockdale

My prompt for your week:

🧭 Where are you leading with only one lens- is it logic or emotion, performance or presence?
And what would happen if you held both?

This is your Sunday Reset.
I’m Steven.
Keep growing. Keep leading.
Until next Sunday.
Let’s get it!

Steven PAUL, CDir FIoD – Reshaping boards and CEOs to lead decisively – with AI transformation and strategic corporate governance at the core.
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