What if courage isn’t loud or reactive, but rooted in clarity and innate? This final reflection explores the difference between reaction and response, why clarity is essential for wise action, and how settling “contaminated thinking” allows fresh insight, possibility, and effective leadership to emerge. In an age of fragmentation, this piece points to clarity as our highest ground for meaningful action. Read More
Lawyers in Suits climb the Ladder of Inference on purpose — it’s literally their job. But in real life, we climb it accidentally, and that’s where the trouble begins. This short follow-up explores why legal reasoning works in courtrooms but creates chaos in personal relationships, and how seeing the ladder helps us make clearer, wiser choices. Read More
Feeling stuck is often the first sign that something new is trying to break through. Turning points are not dramatic events. They are simple moments when fresh thought arrives and life quietly begins to reshape itself. This post explores how real change happens and why one honest conversation can open the door to something new. Read More
Leaders don’t change direction because of strategy, pressure, or discipline. They change direction because they see something new. This post explores the upstream “how to” behind real leadership transformation — the quiet, insight-based shifts that lead to clarity, culture change, and legacy. Read More
We don’t experience our circumstances—we experience our state of mind. The more we notice where our “dial” is tuned, the easier it becomes to find our way back to that beautiful, content feeling within. Read More
Rick Ruppenthal | COACHING