The Inner Work That Transforms High Achievers
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“You’ve changed my life, Christina.”
This simple sentence from a woman who worked with me at Fast Company became the floodgate to the permission I needed to completely overhaul my life and career.
It was the moment I realized that impact isn't measured in revenue, sales calls, or spreadsheets—sometimes it's found in a single conversation that shifts everything.
John Maxwell, author and leadership guru, says happiness is driven not by success, but by significance. Significance is how you show up to create, do for others, have an impact, and leave a legacy.
What makes you significant is your ability to access your power, strengths, and your unique talents, and to express them for the benefit and positive impact on the people around you.
It's the difference between doing the expected and having an impact while you do it:
A successful leader leads. A significant leader inspires others to lean into their greatness.
A successful physician heals. A significant physician heals with empathy to mitigate the fear.
A successful executive does exceptional work. A significant executive does exceptional work and teaches others to do the same.
Success executes. Significance elevates.
Success achieves. Significance inspires.
Success performs. Significance transforms.
'You can’t be what you can’t see.' Doing the significance exercise reminds me of what I’m striving for and how I want to make an impact.
This isn't the kind of impact that makes headlines, or impressions or likes.
This is a quieter, deeper, more intentional impact.
I often think about: How will I know when I've truly made an impact?
The answer is one person at a time.
We change the world by changing lives, one conversation at a time.
While I dream of reaching millions of women who want to rewrite their own definitions of success, I'm building that legacy one relationship at a time.
Impact is about creating ripples that extend far beyond what I can see or measure.
It's about empowering high achievers to step into their own power, to question what success really means to them, and to have the courage to pursue it—even when it looks nothing like what they originally planned.
When you focus on genuine connection and authentic impact, you're not chasing vanity metrics or empty achievements. To dig deeper into the power of simplicity and focus, explore Doing Less BETTER to learn how high achievers can accomplish more by doing less—with intention.
You're building something real, something that lasts, something that multiplies naturally as the people you touch go on to impact others in their own unique ways.
AML Leukemia taught me that time is precious and that the connections and the work we do must matter.
It showed me that success isn't about how much you accumulate, but about how much you contribute. It's not about being seen by everyone, but about truly seeing and being seen by the people who cross your path.
When we lead with authenticity, vulnerability, and genuine care for others, we create change that reverberates in ways we may never fully know.
If you are questioning your definition of success, wondering if you have permission to want something more or different, or are ready to prioritize joy and ease alongside achievement, here is your permission slip! (Thanks, Brene Brown, for that phrase!)
Your voice matters.
Your impact matters.
And if you don’t believe it’s possible. Borrow my belief in YOU.
Here's to changing the world—theirs and yours— one life at a time.
📓 Journal Prompts for the Week Ahead
🌟 The highlight last month was…
🌟 In June, I want to feel….
🌟 I’ll be over the moon if by January 1st…
🌟 I want to give myself permission to…
🌟 One thing I’ll regret not doing this month is…
🌟 If I get stuck, I will remember to…
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