The Breakthrough Brief
Ideas about success, leadership, capability, human behavior, possibility—and the things successful people and organizations often miss because everything is still working right now.
Articles & Perspectives
Recent Briefs
Written by Sherri Bartin
Four Million Views on Trauma, From an Audience of Successful Entrepreneurs
They paid big money for business strategy. And when the choice was theirs, millions chose the conversations about pain, health, and what achievement is actually costing them.
The Year I Didn't Finish
Two numbers that tell the wrong story. Seven. That's how many times I started 75 Hard. Zero. That's how many times I finished it. Here's the more useful story about goals, achievement, and not finishing.
Ready to Unleash Chaos Monkey on Your Life?
What happens when you break the system on purpose? The monkey has a name. Two companies broke their systems on purpose to find out what was actually load-bearing.
Short Videos
Hidden in Plain Sight™
Short videos about the patterns hiding underneath successful lives, leaders, and businesses—the ones that quietly drive results or quietly limit them.
A little observation. A little wit. And usually something hiding in plain sight that’s worth seeing differently.
Episode 1
Watch what she takes out when she can’t get it closed. When your week won’t close, what do you take out first?
Episode 2
What happens to your culture when your actions contradict the values on the wall?
More episodes coming soon
New short videos arriving shortly.
Short Videos
The CleanSuccess™ Collection
Short videos drawn from the CleanSuccess™ work—practical ideas for expanding what you’re capable of without sacrificing what matters most.
Episode 1
One of the most hopeful things about culture is that it isn’t fixed.
Episode 2
One of the most significant things I’ve done in my life, being a part of Transformation Argentina. I love Buenos Aires, I love the people, I love the passion they have to improve themselves in their country. I haven’t seen that kind of passion in a long time. GRATEFUL!
More videos coming soon
More from the CleanSuccess™ Collection is on its way.
The Breakthrough Brief
A weekly question worth thinking about.
One short, deliberate question each week—drawn from the same work behind CleanSuccess™—to help you see something you might be too close to notice.
No calendar strategies. No productivity hacks. Just a question that shifts how you’re thinking about your work or your life.
Get my Coaching Question of the Week.
Bigger goals should never require a smaller life.
Tell me what you want to make possible.
We talk for 45 minutes.
If it fits, we begin.