Ten months ago, I wrote my first article on LinkedIn. The first paragraph was this… “As a small business owner, I learn new things every day. Some of them come from observation, some of them come from experience and some from my mistakes. The vast majority of the things I learn though, come from my [...]

Years ago I heard someone share this, “The comfort zone is the danger zone.” If there is anything I have learned in the past few years, as an entrepreneur, a business leader, a newly married spouse, and a parent, it’s this… They were right. The best things in life will make you uncomfortable. Why is [...]

We’re conditioned to make plans and set goals. There’s an expectation on each of us, on some level, to establish a direction for our personal and professional lives and then drive toward it. It’s something I enjoy and believe in passionately. The only way to get where we want to go in life is to [...]

I had a conversation the other day with my daughter about her fear. She had some anxiety about getting ready to try a new sport. Twenty-four hours later I found myself having the same conversation with a good friend of mine, an entrepreneur, about a change in his business that he was embarking on. In [...]

Like many of you, for our business to grow, I need to make the move from working IN the business to working ON the business. What’s getting in my way? It’s the simplest, hardest thing I’ve encountered in growing our agency. Delegation. I keep getting in my own way. One of the biggest challenges I’ve [...]

As the pace of our work continues to accelerate, so does the speed at which we’re making decisions. It’s in these moments, when we're facing tough decisions and making choices, that one reality becomes very evident. Everything you say “yes” to means you’re saying “no” to something else. I’ve learned over time to place a [...]

We're all on a journey. Professionally and personally, we’re each navigating an endless path of ups and downs. The highs are high, and the lows are low, and occasionally some days exist quietly between the two. From leading our businesses and organizations to trying to make the grade as a spouse or parent, we’re all [...]

What does freedom feel like? Very early in my career, I felt like I needed to know the answer to every question to assert myself as belonging in my leadership positions. When people asked me things, they expected that I had the answer, and I felt the need to give them one. When I didn’t [...]

“I’m driven. I’m a hustler. I just love my work. Slowing down is hard for me.” I have lived the past twenty years of my professional life using words like those to justify my lifestyle and where I spend my energy. They’ve been a safety net for me, and to be completely transparent, they’re all [...]

I was reminded the other day of a conversation that we had early in the lifecycle of our agency. We were meeting with a mentor over coffee, and he asked one of my partners and me two questions. “First, tell me about your business.” He was probing for our elevator pitch. He wanted a simple, [...]