Have you ever noticed how often urgency takes over before clarity has a chance to land?

In this short reflection, Liz Murray shares what actually changed once she stopped rushing herself, not in a dramatic or performative way, but in the small, everyday moments where most capable people quietly override their own signals.

This episode isn’t about why slowing down matters, that conversation has already been had. It’s about what becomes visible after you stop rushing: how urgency can mask uncertainty, why fast decisions often cost more energy, and how clarity creates cleaner leadership.

If you’re capable, thoughtful, and tired of pushing momentum before things feel clear, this reflection will resonate.

In this episode, Liz explores: Why urgency is often internal, not external How rushing becomes a way to avoid uncertainty What changes when clarity leads instead of speed Why cleaner decisions take less energy, not more

Momentum doesn’t disappear when you slow down — it recalibrates.

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Timestamps (2:34 total)

00:00 – Something shifted after January

00:24 – How rushing overrides your own signals

00:49 – Everyday examples: emails & meetings

01:28 – When urgency is driven by uncertainty

01:55 – Why clarity changes how decisions feel

02:18 – Cleaner leadership, not faster leadership

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In this short episode, I explain why I intentionally used January as a strategic reset, not a delay, and why reflection is a core leadership skill for getting clear before building momentum.

If you’ve felt pressure to “hit the ground running” or judged yourself for a quieter January, this message reframes self-improvement and personal development as disciplined self-leadership, not busyness.

Momentum doesn’t come from speed. It comes from clarity.

In this episode, I cover:

– Why January is about direction, not urgency

– How skipping reflection leads to rework, over-functioning, and decision fatigue

– What I consciously reset around energy, patterns, standards, and direction

– How I’ll be showing up differently this year as a leader If you’re ready for cleaner leadership and more intentional momentum, this is a good place to start.

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Timestamps

0:00 — January isn’t about speed

0:18 — Why clarity saves time later

0:42 — The danger of defaulting to old patterns

1:05 — Reflection as preventative leadership

1:28 — What I reset: energy, patterns, standards, direction

2:05 — How I’ll be showing up differently this year

2:22 — Why momentum follows clarity

You’ve made it to the final stretch of the year. If your brain is already in holiday mode but your calendar is still pretending it’s August, this short episode is for you.

This week’s theme is Gentle Futures, and we’re talking about a calm, pressure-free way to think about 2026. December is not the month to overhaul your entire leadership strategy. When leaders try to force big plans right now, those goals are often fuelled by exhaustion rather than clarity. Instead, this episode introduces the idea of gentle visioning or soft sketching. A way to reflect and look ahead without spreadsheets, panic, or “new year, new you” energy.

In this mini episode, Liz explores:

Why December planning often backfires

The difference between panic planning and pause-led clarity

Simple questions to guide gentle visioning What to carry forward into 2026

What to leave behind with zero guilt

Visioning does not need to be intense. It can be calm, reflective, and spacious. The best plans do not come from panic.

They come from pause.

✨ Download the free 10 Minute Leader Glow Up A grounding, feel-good reflection to help you finish the year proud and step into January with calm clarity.

👉 https://www.edgeofpossibilities.com.au/pl/2148725323

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 — You made it to the final stretch

00:12 — Leading lightly in December

00:22 — Gentle visioning for 2026

00:35 — Why December is not the time to overhaul

00:52 — Soft sketching instead of panic planning

01:05 — Key reflection questions

01:22 — Why pause creates better plans

01:35 — Free 10 Minute Leader Glow Up

01:45 — Closing and New Year sign-off

📣 NEXT STEP

✨ Download the free 10 Minute Leader Glow Up A simple reflection to help you reset, ground yourself, and enter January calmly.

👉 https://www.edgeofpossibilities.com.au/pl/2148725323

💬 What is one thing you are ready to leave behind as you move into 2026?

Show Notes

This week, we’re continuing the Lead Lightly December series with Leadership Legacy – the Light Edition.

When leaders hear the word legacy, they often think of big moments, bold decisions, or career-defining milestones. But real leadership legacy isn’t built in the spotlight. It’s built in the tiny micro moments that quietly shape how people experience you.

In this short episode, Liz explores how everyday leadership behaviours create lasting impact, including: -choosing patience instead of reaction

-taking 30 seconds to check in with someone who feels off

-backing a quieter voice in a meeting

-modelling calm when pressure is high

These moments don’t make the newsletter. But they change people.

Your leadership legacy is already happening right now, in your tone, your clarity, and the psychological safety you create.

🎯 This week’s invitation: Pay attention to your micro moments. Every time you choose intention over reaction, you’re building the kind of leadership people want to follow.

✨ Download the free 10 Minute Leader Glow Up A simple, feel-good December reflection to help you notice the moments you’re proud of. 👉 https://www.edgeofpossibilities.com.au/pl/2148725323

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 — Introduction to Lead Lightly

00:10 — Leadership Legacy: The Light Edition

00:26 — Legacy isn’t built in big moments

00:40 — The micro moments that shape impact

01:05 — Examples of everyday leadership legacy

01:30 — Why leaders underestimate their influence

01:46 — This week’s leadership invitation

01:55 — Free 10 Minute Leader Glow Up

📣 NEXT STEPS

✨ Download the free 10 Minute Leader Glow Up A gentle December reflection to help you finish the year proud and grounded. 👉 https://www.edgeofpossibilities.com.au/pl/2148725323

💬 Which micro moment mattered most to you this week?

Show Notes

In this week’s episode of Take 5 with Liz Murray, we’re exploring Reflect, Don’t Reinvent.

The calm, practical approach to leadership reflection during the busiest month of the year. Most leaders think reflection requires deep emotional labour, hours of journaling, or a complete personal reinvention. Not in December.

This episode is all about light-touch clarity.

One small pause that helps you notice the growth, courage, decisions and impact you’ve created this year.

You’ll learn:

Why reflection matters more than reinvention

How to find clarity without emotional overload

The small questions that reveal big growth

Why leaders consistently underestimate their progress

How to wrap up the year feeling proud, not pressured

Simple reflection. No drama. No existential crisis required.

✨ Download the free 10-Minute Leader Glow-Up (your guided reflection for tired but high-performing humans): https://www.edgeofpossibilities.com.au/pl/2148725323

🎥 Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/y_BiIeS17P8

🎧 Listen to the podcast episode: https://www.edgeofpossibilities.com.au/podcasts/leading-from-the-edge-podcast/episodes/2149127716

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 

00:00 — Intro: Why December reflection hits different

00:12 — This month’s theme: Lead Lightly

00:20 — Reflect, Don’t Reinvent

00:37 — Why leaders overcomplicate reflection

01:00 — What reflection actually looks like in December

01:23 — Five small questions for big leadership clarity

01:55 — The real reason leaders underestimate their growth

02:25 — Your reflection invitation for the week

02:43 — Free 10-Minute Leader Glow-Up

02:55 — Closing

Thanks for listening to this week’s Take 5. 

In this episode of Take 5 with Liz Murray, we dive into the reality of December leadership, when everyone looks calm on the outside but is internally screaming into a Christmas ham.

This week’s theme is Calm Over Chaos, and we explore why your stress is contagious… but so is your calm.

Many leaders slip into panic leadership this time of year, rushing, spiralling, sending 7pm emails and unintentionally transmitting stress to their teams. But when you slow down, breathe, prioritise and make decisions without panic energy, your team follows your lead.

In this episode, you’ll learn: Why December triggers panic leadership How your emotional tone becomes “emotional Wi-Fi” for the team

The science of calm as a leadership tool

How modelling calm reduces mistakes, improves clarity, and boosts psychological safety

The leadership challenge that will transform your team this week

Calm isn’t passive, calm is powerful. And your team feels everything you broadcast.

If you’re ready to finish the year feeling proud, grounded, and a lot less like a malfunctioning Christmas fairy light, download my free 10-Minute Leader Glow-Up — your perfect end-of-year reflection tool. 

Download the 10-Minute Leader Glow-Up 👉https://www.edgeofpossibilities.com.au/pl/2148725323 

⏱️ Timestamps

00:00 — Welcome to December: calm on the outside, chaos on the inside

00:18 — This week’s theme: Calm Over Chaos

00:33 — Why your stress is contagious

00:46 — What panic leadership looks like in December

01:12 — How your team absorbs your energy

01:28 — What happens when leaders model calm

01:55 — Calm ≠ passive: why it’s a power tool

02:18 — The ripple effect of calm leadership

02:40 — Your leadership challenge for the week

02:55 — Free 10-Minute Leader Glow-Up download

03:05 — Closing encouragement

🔹Next steps and resources

📘Download the free 10-Minute Leader Glow-Up A simple, feel-good reflection to help you finish the year proud, calm and clear.

👉 https://www.edgeofpossibilities.com.au/pl/2148725323 

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👉 Subscribe on YouTube for more episodes of Take 5 With Me.

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🎧 Listen to Take 5 with Me – short episodes to grow your leadership from the inside out.

🔹 WORK WITH LIZ MURRAY

Liz Murray helps leaders protect their energy, sharpen their influence, and lead with emotional stamina through her online course Be Exceptional, one-to-one coaching, and high-impact workshops.

📩 Contact: [email protected]
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Episode Summary

In the final episode of our Leadership Energy series, Liz Murray reveals the truth behind what elevates leaders into exceptional performance: the decision to live the habits that sustain clarity, confidence, and focus. Pulling from her own leadership experiences, Liz shares why energy dips never come from external pressure — and what exceptional leaders do differently to stay centred and influential.

You’ll learn how to:

• recognise when you’ve dropped your high-performance habits

• rebuild your leadership energy from the inside out

• create the rhythm that protects your team’s performance

• embed the Reset → Refocus → Recharge framework into daily behaviour

⏱ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Welcome back to Take 5 with Me

00:12 – This month’s focus: Leadership Energy

00:32 – The real question: Will you live the framework?

00:48 – What happens when your leadership energy dips

01:12 – Liz’s personal insight: When things were dipping, it was never the team

01:35 – The root cause: Dropping the habits that keep you at your peak

02:02 – Why leadership energy is about mastering yourself

02:28 – The three steps of the Energy Playbook

02:50 – Integration: Turning ideas into leadership rhythm

03:22 – Why consistency creates culture (and performance)

03:45 – Becoming a high-performance leader

04:05 – Invitation to join Liz’s Be Exceptional course

04:28 – Black Friday announcement: 3 live webinars

04:52 – Final message: Exceptional isn’t extra — it’s intentional If you’re ready to go beyond insight and into transformation, this is your episode.

NEXT STEPS + RESOURCES

📘 Download your free Playbook:
👉 The High-Performance Energy Playbook  Your 3-step system to reset, refocus, and recharge your leadership energy.

🎓 Join the Program:
👉 Be Exceptional
Liz’s signature course to help you master stamina, influence, and energy.

💡 Follow Liz for more:

LinkedIn: Liz Murray
Instagram: @eopossibilities
Facebook: Edge of Possibilities
Website: www.edgeofpossibilities.com.au

WORK WITH LIZ MURRAY

Liz Murray helps leaders protect their energy, sharpen their influence, and lead with emotional stamina through her course Be Exceptional, one-to-one coaching, and high-impact workshops.

📩 Contact: [email protected]
🌐 Website: www.edgeofpossibilities.com.au
📱 Connect: LinkedIn | Instagram

When motivation fades, momentum keeps you moving.

In this episode of Take 5 with Me, leadership coach Liz Murray shares how high-performing teams sustain energy and focus without burning out. You’ll hear the story of how Liz’s good intentions as a leader, late-night emails and long hours, unintentionally set the wrong tone for her team, and the key realisation that changed everything: what you model, you multiply.

Liz introduces Step 3 of the High-Performance Energy Playbook, Recharge Your Team, and explains how to build sustainable energy through boundaries, recognition, and rhythm. I

f your team’s energy is dipping and you want to finish the year strong, this episode will show you how to protect performance without pushing harder.

🎧 Take 5 minutes to recharge your leadership and your team.

KEY POINTS

👀 In this episode, Liz covers:

✅ Why motivation fades but momentum can be designed

✅ The leadership trap that drains your team’s energy

✅ The moment Liz learned “what you model, you multiply”

✅ The 3 rituals to sustain high-performance energy

✅ How to build a rhythm that protects productivity and wellbeing

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 — Welcome back to Take 5 with Me

00:15 — The difference between motivation and momentum

00:50 — Liz’s personal story: when high performance became pressure

02:10 — The leadership wake-up call: “What you model, you multiply.”

03:00 — Step 3 of the High-Performance Energy Playbook: Recharge Your Team

03:35 — Three ways to sustain momentum: recognition, boundaries, micro-breaks

04:45 — The ripple effect of energy-conscious leadership

05:10 — How to join the Leadership Energy Challenge + download the Playbook

05:45 — Closing: recharge your team, don’t retreat

NEXT STEPS + RESOURCES

📘 Download your free Playbook:

👉 The High-Performance Energy Playbook Your 3-step system to reset, refocus, and recharge your leadership energy.

🎓 Join the Program:

👉 Be Exceptional Liz’s signature course to help you master stamina, influence, and energy.

💡 Follow Liz for more:

LinkedIn: Liz Murray

Instagram: @eopossibilities

Facebook: Edge of Possibilities

Website: www.edgeofpossibilities.com.au

WORK WITH LIZ MURRAY

Liz Murray helps leaders protect their energy, sharpen their influence, and lead with emotional stamina through her course Be Exceptional, one-to-one coaching, and high-impact workshops.

📩 Contact: [email protected]

🌐 Website: www.edgeofpossibilities.com.au

📱 Connect: LinkedIn | Instagram

OPENING SUMMARY

When your clarity slips, your team feels it first.

In this week’s Take 5 with Me episode, leadership coach Liz Murray shares how to reclaim your edge when stress and busyness take over.

You’ll hear how losing focus and slipping into micromanagement almost derailed her leadership — and the powerful conversation that helped her refocus and rebuild her confidence. Liz introduces Step 2 of the High-Performance Energy Playbook — Refocus Your Energy — and walks you through three simple daily questions that reset your clarity in minutes. If you’ve been juggling too much and feel like your edge has dulled, this episode will help you reframe, refocus, and lead from calm confidence again.

🎧 Watch, breathe, and get your edge back.

🔹 KEY POINTS 👀

In this episode, Liz covers:

✅ Why clarity is your most valuable leadership energy source

✅ How losing focus leads to micromanagement and frustration

✅ The mindset shift that turned exhaustion into empowerment

✅ The 3-question clarity ritual from the High-Performance Energy Playbook

✅ How to bring your team back into alignment fast

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 — Welcome back to Take 5 with Me

00:20 — Why clarity matters more than control

00:55 — Liz’s story: when deadlines caused distraction and micromanagement

02:10 — The moment of truth — a coaching insight that changed everything

03:00 — Step 2 of the High-Performance Energy Playbook: Refocus Your Energy

03:35 — The 3-question morning clarity ritual

04:25 — How focus brings confidence and re-engages your team

05:05 — Invitation to download the Playbook + reclaim your edge

🔹 NEXT STEPS + RESOURCES

📘 Download your free Playbook:
👉 The High-Performance Energy Playbook  Your 3-step system to reset, refocus, and recharge your leadership energy.

🎓 Join the Program:
👉 Be Exceptional Liz’s signature course to help you master stamina, influence, and energy.

👉 Subscribe on YouTube for more episodes of Take 5 With Me.

👉 Subscribe to Leadership Edge on LinkedIn for weekly insights on leading with heart and clarity. 

🎧 Listen to Take 5 with Me – short episodes to grow your leadership from the inside out.

🔹 WORK WITH LIZ MURRAY

Liz Murray helps leaders protect their energy, sharpen their influence, and lead with emotional stamina through her online course Be Exceptional, one-to-one coaching, and high-impact workshops.

📩 Contact: [email protected]
🌐 Website: www.edgeofpossibilities.com.au
📱 Connect: LinkedIn | Instagram

💡 Follow Liz for more:

LinkedIn: Liz Murray

Instagram: @eopossibilities

Facebook: Edge of Possibilities

Website: www.edgeofpossibilities.com.au

Are you running on empty trying to push through to year-end?

In this episode of Take 5 with Me, leadership coach Liz Murray reveals how your energy sets the tone for your entire team. Discover why overdrive doesn’t equal high performance, how your state directly impacts your team’s focus, and the simple 3-step system to reset your energy fast. Liz shares a personal story about burnout and rebuilding leadership stamina using her proven High-Performance Energy Playbook. If you’re a senior leader or executive feeling the pressure of the final quarter, this short, powerful episode will help you reset your state, re-engage your team, and finish strong.

⚡ Download your free High-Performance Energy Playbook and lead with clarity, calm, and confidence.

🔹 KEY POINTS 👀

In this episode, Liz covers:

✅ How your energy affects your team’s motivation and results

✅ The early warning signs of burnout and low energy leadership

✅ Why reactive leadership kills productivity and collaboration

✅ The 3-minute reset ritual from the High-Performance Energy Playbook

✅ How to end the year strong — without exhaustion

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 — Introduction: why November feels so intense for leaders

00:45 — The truth about “pushing through” — what it costs your energy

01:30 — Liz’s story: the health scare that changed how she leads

02:25 — Understanding energy contagion in leadership

03:10 — The leadership energy mirror — your team reflects your state

04:00 — 3-minute reset system from the High-Performance Energy Playbook

04:45 — Why clarity and calm drive high performance

05:15 — How to reset your energy before burnout hits

05:50 — Download your free Playbook + next steps

🔹 NEXT STEPS + RESOURCES

📘 Download your free Playbook:
👉 The High-Performance Energy Playbook  Your 3-step system to reset, refocus, and recharge your leadership energy.

🎓 Join the Program:
👉 Be Exceptional Liz’s signature course to help you master stamina, influence, and energy.

👉 Subscribe on YouTube for more episodes of Take 5 With Me.

👉 Subscribe to Leadership Edge on LinkedIn for weekly insights on leading with heart and clarity. 

🎧 Listen to Take 5 with Me – short episodes to grow your leadership from the inside out.

🔹 WORK WITH LIZ MURRAY

Liz Murray helps leaders protect their energy, sharpen their influence, and lead with emotional stamina through her online course Be Exceptional, one-to-one coaching, and high-impact workshops.

📩 Contact: [email protected]
🌐 Website: www.edgeofpossibilities.com.au
📱 Connect: LinkedIn | Instagram

💡 Follow Liz for more: