Easy to Overlook

As you may have gathered, I love animals.

Many do.

But have you noticed… our compassion and focus has a size limit?

We protect horses.

We revere dogs.

But the smaller things get… the easier it is to dismiss.

To ignore.

To step on.

Somewhere along the way, we decided small meant unworthy.

That thinking doesn’t just show up in nature.

It shows up in leadership.

The big things?

Deadlines. Deliverables. Presentations.

Those are easy.

But the real work lives elsewhere.

In the pause before you respond.

In the question you almost didn’t ask.

In the moment of tension you felt—and moved past.

That’s the work that gets skipped.

That gets… squished.

And yet—those are the very things that take you from great to extraordinary.

• Microscopic fungi break down what’s dead and turn it into life. Without them, ecosystems starve.

• Insects, tiny, often dismissed, are the base of entire food systems. Remove them, and everything collapses.

Not “supportive." Essential.

Leadership is no different.

The smallest behaviors—vocabulary, tone, curiosity, restraint—aren’t extras.

They are the operating system.

They are the oxygen of your culture.

Mandatory for success.

So this week, pay attention to what’s easy to miss.

Ask one more question.

Notice the shift in tone.

Sit in the discomfort a second longer.

Be the last to speak.

Because the "insignificant" moments that feel the smallest…

Often hold the greatest potential.

And… save the spider.