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Little Leadership Lessons by Barrett Brooks

Little Leadership Lessons is a popular weekly newsletter filled with lessons from 1,000+ hours of coaching with seven-figure creators to help you grow your business, lead with confidence and share your brilliance with the world. 5 minutes or less. Sent every Saturday.

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When “taking care of yourself” becomes another to-do list (Little Leadership Lessons)

Hey Reader, Welcome back to Little Leadership lessons, a newsletter that breaks a real coaching session with an established entrepreneur down into a universal lesson and coaching questions you can use in your business. This is, as far as I know, the only newsletter on the web that gives you a behind the scenes look at the psychology of seven-figure creators and entrepreneurs based on real coaching sessions. I have a couple of rare spots open in my coaching practice. More on that at the end....

Hey Reader, I’ve been working on something behind the scenes that represents a meaningful shift in my work and in the way I serve leaders and creators. It’s a transition rooted in legacy, leadership, and the deeper purpose behind everything I’ve done so far. Today, I’m excited to share it with you. In January 2026, I’ll be stepping into the role of steward, owner, and CEO of Presence-Based Coaching (PBC), the coach training and leadership development organization that has shaped me more than...

Hey Reader, Welcome back to Little Leadership Lessons, my Monday newsletter sharing short but powerful insights from coaching seven-figure creators. Each note is designed to help you grow as a leader so you can grow your business—with more clarity, alignment, and peace of mind. At some point, every founder realizes the hardest part of growth isn’t strategy. It’s identity. You have to stop being the one who does everything and become the one who builds everything. Let’s get to it. Photo by...

Hey Reader, Welcome back to Little Leadership Lessons, my (now) Monday newsletter sharing quick, powerful insights from coaching seven-figure creators. These lessons help you grow as a leader so you can grow your business—with more clarity, alignment, and peace of mind. I'm coming off of a multi-purpose trip and in a divine coincidence, my wife, boys, and I happened to be in Atlanta together on the last day of my grandfather's life last week. I was able to hold his hand as he left this Earth....

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Hey Reader, Welcome back to Little Leadership Lessons, my Saturday newsletter sharing quick, powerful insights from coaching seven-figure creators. These lessons help you grow as a leader so you can grow your business—with more clarity, alignment, and peace of mind. Happy Saturday! I’m just home from a quick trip to Boise to attend an event a client put on and film the next month’s worth of social content. Hiring a great team and creating a system to produce ongoing content has been one of...

Hey Reader, Welcome back to Little Leadership Lessons, my Saturday newsletter sharing quick, powerful insights from coaching seven-figure creators. These lessons help you grow as a leader so you can grow your business—with more clarity, alignment, and peace of mind. Before diving into today’s note, I want to give a shout-out to neuroscientist Dr. Anne-Laure LeCunff (who has previously been a Good Work podcast guest). Anne-Laure recently launched a course called The Experimental Leader, a...

Hey Reader, Welcome back to Little Leadership Lessons, my (normally) Saturday newsletter sharing quick, powerful insights from coaching seven-figure creators. These lessons help you grow as a leader so you can grow your business—with more clarity, alignment, and peace of mind. Happy Monday! Yesterday was my birthday and I spent the weekend compiling reflections on my life into 38 lessons to celebrate my 38th birthday. This week's newsletter is a departure in delivery day and format as a...

Hey Reader, Welcome back to Little Leadership Lessons, my Saturday newsletter sharing quick, powerful insights from coaching seven-figure creators. These lessons help you grow as a leader so you can grow your business—with more clarity, alignment, and peace of mind. Happy Saturday! Hope you've had a wonderful week and are making the most of this last month of summer (or winter down there in the southern hemisphere). My wife and I went to visit my parents this past week to support my Dad on...

body of water surrounded by trees

Hey Reader, Welcome back to Little Leadership Lessons, my Saturday newsletter sharing quick, powerful insights from coaching seven-figure creators. These lessons help you grow as a leader so you can grow your business—with more clarity, alignment, and peace of mind. Happy Saturday! Hope you've had a great week this week and are enjoying some downtime with family or friends this weekend. How do you like to restore yourself in between work weeks? Are you a Netflix on the couch kind of person? A...

Cliffs enveloped in clouds and sunlight.

Hey Reader, Welcome back to Little Leadership Lessons, my Saturday newsletter sharing quick, powerful insights from coaching seven-figure creators. These lessons help you grow as a leader so you can grow your business—with more clarity, alignment, and peace of mind. Happy Saturday! I hope you had a wonderful week full of productive work. Did you encounter a new idea, book, person, or experience that inspired you this week? Hit reply and tell me about it. I’d love to hear from you. I had a...