Belinda Beatty

Energy isn’t about hype. It’s about execution.   I learned that early in two very different arenas. In the cockpit, flying at high speed with no margin for error, and on stage under hot lights where presence is everything. In both worlds, energy wasn’t something you waited for. It was something you generated deliberately.   The good news is this: your energy is not random. It’s biological, neurological and trainable. And science gives us some powerful, practical ways to boost it quickly...

We’ve all had a vision of who we want to be in a moment where it matters. The kind of moment from which a character is forged, or careers are made or broken, whether it's leading our team through a critical decision, or flying a four-ship through wild weather.   We prepare ourselves to be calm, clear and strong – the kind of operator that is trusted to perform under personal and professional pressure. And yet many of us have also experienced moments, or even days, when a challenge lies...

Influence is not being a peacekeeper. It’s not sanding away our edges, softening uncomfortable truths, or silencing our worth.