I’ve been sitting in on some of my clients’ team meetings and have had one consistent reaction. I sat through this same meeting in 1995. I don’t mean with the same people or even with the same agenda. But the way we’re conducting our meetings largely hasn’t changed throughout my whole career! Usually, there’s a…
If your work is successful, it generates more work; as a result, the concept of “finishing your work” is a contradiction in terms so blatant and so dangerous that it can lead to nervous breakdowns—because it puts the pressure on the wrong places in your mind and habits. Kenneth Atchity, as quoted in Beyond Entrepreneurship…
Casey and Caitlin from the magical BWB invited me to guest on their Questions to Hold podcast. We explored the relationship between leadership and business growth, from understanding ourselves to championing our true identities and finding the gift in our blind spots. If you want the details, listen to the whole episode. But the moment…
George Lucas created the Star Wars franchise, one of the highest-grossing entertainment franchises ever. When he sold it to Disney in 2012, they paid over $4 Billion for it. George Lucas also created Jar Jar Binks. Not only did he create the character, but in April 2019, he named Jar Jar Binks his favorite Star…
Last week, I asked the question, “How do you gather your strength when you’ve been knocked down? What tools or strategies do you use to continue to do hard things when you can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel? “ Many of you responded (I’m so grateful!). Here are some excerpts from…
If you’ve led your agency for any length of time, you’ve experienced some ups and downs. For example, here’s an email I got from an agency owner this week: I thought the deal would catapult us into a new level of stability. I had verbal commitments and contracts out. In the meantime, we were working…
Contented: satisfaction with one’s possessions, status, or situation. Merriam-Webster Part of being grounded is knowing that I have what I need at this moment, and when challenges or opportunities arise, I can meet them with confidence. Another word for that is contentment. When I live from a place of contentment, it’s harder for people to…
Every sale occurs inside a conversation; all the time I spend outside of a conversation is wasted time (unless I’m setting up a conversation). Steve Chandler No one has ever crawled through my computer and tried to hire me. No one has ever replied to a social post by saying, “Send me an invoice!” 100%…
I was listening to The Rich Roll podcast with Michael Gervais as a guest, and I was blown away by this brief story that Michael tells about practice. (Click the image below to watch it yourself.) Michael Gervais was talking to a singer he admired and said, “You are an amazing singer, I wish I…
Did you write yourself a shiny 2023 plan with aggressive goals for growth and change in your business? How is that going for you? We tend to launch into January hot to make 2024 our best year yet. Maybe we sat down with our team and laid out a plan for the year and attempted…