As you’re starting your week, here’s something to consider… We’ve all experienced being offended. Maybe someone returns our smile with a scowl. Maybe they cut us off in traffic. Maybe they ignore us. Maybe we wish they’d ignore us because they treat us rudely. Maybe they’re short with us. Maybe underneath it all, those same [...]

Looking at the calendar this morning was somewhat jarring. As I sat down to write this, I realized we are approaching the end of April. Just a few short months ago, in January, I set some personal goals for myself and my family. At the same time, my partners and I set some goals for [...]

Every day we encounter situations where we rely on our past to guide our future. When we start a new project or encounter a new struggle, either at work or home, we react based on our past experiences. Years and years of living life have educated us and planted information in our brains that we [...]

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 [...]