If your life feels full-throttle, your calendar is screaming for some margin, and/or you hear yourself lament how busy you are a few times too many… Then maybe it’s time to do a quick audit of how you spend your time (and energy) to see where it’s really going, and…

Were you raised to believe that “winners never quit and quitters never win”?⁠ Allow me to debunk that and tell you instead that: Deciding when to stop is not quitting, it’s a skill. ⁠I hope this is one lesson we do better at teaching future generations because, like most things…

Is there anywhere in your life where you’re holding off from making a decision or taking action because you’re afraid of making the wrong choice or moving in the wrong direction?This is how it happens: Instead of using the information you have and trusting yourself enough to make the best…

If one of the best ways to grow your business is through referrals (it is), but you don’t have a steady stream of clients, how do you get referrals? Start with your existing network and thoughtfully ask for introductions to people who work with your ideal client. Build great relationships…

Doing the work to get your metaphorical house in order is exactly like cleaning out your actual closet: You’ll excavate all of the years of stuff out onto the floor, separate them into piles: ‘trash, donate, keep’, and then get overwhelmed because things felt way less messy before you started…

What if these were some of the metrics against which you measured your success? 1. The impact your company is making 2. How much flexibility the founder and team have to do what truly matters to them 3. How much the company is a vehicle for everyone’s personal growth 4…

For the past couple of years, I’ve been working quietly on a TV project (networking in the industry, pitching, and trying to get this show made about something I deeply believe needs to be seen). So many pats on the back and seeming commitments turned into unreturned emails and calls…

If you’ve ever played with dominoes or have seen them, you know this: It takes a long time to set up the chain, at the precise distance from one another, and with much finesse, until you can finally have that ‘payoff’ moment where you knock over the first one and…

Hindsight is funny, and memory isn’t always reliable (just look at data from eyewitness testimonies). But one thing I know for sure is that when I think from today’s vantage point of 13 years as a business owner back to years one through five, I can say decidedly that I…