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Day 3 of 31 days of Leadersips with a daily coffee advent calendar reveal and leadership tip while we sip - today’s flavor is…🥁

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Day 2 of 31 days of Leadersips with a daily coffee advent calendar reveal and leadership tip while we sip - today’s flavor is…🥁

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Hey sippers! 

Welcome back to the 5th Annual 31 Days of LeaderSips! 

Every day this holiday season, I’m serving up a fresh leadership tip while we sip our way into the new year. 

This year I’m doing a new pour-over coffee advent calendar made by @coffeeandteajunkie queen herself—Patti. 

Here’s to pouring into ourselves—one cup at a time! 

Drum roll for day one reveal…

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I’m so inspired by the incredible work Steven Puri, Founder and CEO of The Sukha Company, is doing to help millions find their focus, achieve more, and create a healthier work-life blend.

But his story didn’t start there—Steven grounds his wisdom in years of experience from the entertainment industry, where he shares some behind-the-scenes stories (including tackling the age-old question: Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?).

So grab your favorite cup and sip with us—because November is brewing up to be the most exciting month yet for Steven Puri! ☕✨

Steven Puri's Bio

Steven's career started as a newscaster/interviewer for the #1 youth news show in the DC/Baltimore market (on WTTG-TV), and then as a junior software engineer & Thomas J. Watson Scholar at IBM. After attending USC in Los Angeles, he began working in film production and produced computer-generated visual effects for 14 movies, including Independence Day, which won the Academy Award for Visual Effects. Steven’s first tech company was Centropolis Effects produced those CGI effects, and he eventually sold it to the German media conglomerate Das Werk when he was 28. Steven then produced some indie films and eventually went studio-side to develop and produce live-action features as a VP of Development & Production at 20th Century Fox (running the Die Hard and Wolverine franchises) and an EVP at DreamWorks Pictures for Kurtzman-Orci Productions, where he worked on Star Trek, Transformers, and more. After Fox, Steven returned to building tech companies and founded The Sukha Company. 

Connect with Steven on LinkedIn 

Learn more about this amazing work TheSukhaCompany 

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I’m truly honored to share a cup and conversation with Maxwell Leadership Executive Team Member Bill Goodwin. With over 30 years of leadership experience, Bill has been percolating growth and brewing success in individuals and teams.

As the founder of Priority Living Consulting Group, he continues to pour into leaders, helping them reach their full potential. Be sure to wake up and smell the inspiration this Tuesday, October 7, 2025, with the release of his new book:
📘 Priority Living – 7 Pillars to Make Your Life Count.

This chat was truly grounds for inspiration for me, and I hope it will be for you! ☕✨

Connect with Bill on LinkedIn 

Learn more about Bill and Priority Living Consulting Group prioritylivingcg.com

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From the factory floor to the C-suite, Michelle Bockman brings a practitioner’s perspective and hands-on leadership as President & CEO of KeraLink International (KLI), a nonprofit committed to ending avoidable blindness through innovation and access.

Hear more about Michelle's bold shift from for-profit with Fortune 100 companies like STANLEY X to nonprofit, and how she demonstrates that transformative leadership starts with the willingness to challenge yourself, redefine success, and lead from a place of purpose.

Learn more about the vision and mission of Keralink International 

Follow and connect with Michelle Bockman on LinkedIn

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We all love free coffee refills—it's a classic perk of the American diner. But what happens when we start treating our energy the same way—as if it's unlimited? 

In this episode, we explore what it means to push ourselves without pause, and the cost of ignoring the need for intentional rest. We'll sip and rethink high performance through the lens of cognitive endurance, and discover how sustainable success comes from pacing ourselves for the long game—because life isn’t a sprint, it’s a marathon.

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Good manners aren't just for the dinner table. Manners are actions that show respect and consideration for others. Leaders should be an example that would make Emily Post proud. So, grab a big mug for 36 sips (yes, 36!) and tips on how to keep your pinkies down and your heads up when treating others with kindness. And that's manners. 

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How much do you really know about the companies you support? I'm not talking about who and which organizations they donate to, politicians they support, or even how much money it's making you. 

I am talking about how they treat their people. Do they have leaders with morals and integrity who put people first or does greed lead? 

Let's sip on why this matters and how to influence a proper people culture where you work and invest your money. 

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We are living in a collaborative culture. We invite and accept collabs on social media. To get work done, we have to collab with various people in multiple job types and functions. We are independent workers in an increasingly interdependent world. Then why are some people not collaborative and still insist on going at it alone? Let's sip the error of these ways. Together. Grab your coffee and let's collab! 

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