Delegate and Elevate: Empowering your team to do the work, so that you can lead
You need a strategy to grow your business. You’re considering hiring a manager. Wrong! Choose to delegate and elevate instead.
Recognize and Stop Business Owner Burnout
Business owner burnout. Are you suffering from it? Learn about the causes, symptoms, and how to relieve the burnout that will damage you and your business.
Stop Overwhelming Yourself: A Leader’s Guide on How to Get Out of Your Own Way
As a creative agency owner, you get busy, right? I mean, it goes with the territory, doesn’t it? But if you don’t learn how to get out of your own way, your business will never grow, and you’ll always be too busy.
Happy (almost) Mother’s Day.
So tomorrow is Mother’s Day in the US. (If you haven’t gotten anything, there’s still time!) If you are a mom, have a great day tomorrow. Owning a business while caring for little humans is…a lot. God bless you! I have a coach friend who would draw a lot of the advice she’d offer her…
How Steve Jobs ruined one of the most important days of my life!
When I was 13, my best friend and I were nuts about Star Wars. We were determined to be at the very first screening of the sequel Empire Strikes Back at the big 70mm Dolby Equipped theater in nearby Cupertino. We arrived at the theater 4 hours before the first show to get in line…
5 things it took me WAY TOO LONG to learn
Celebrating our 20th anniversary has caused me to look back on the journey of getting here. One thing that happens in that process is that I see all the places where I stumbled, things I had wrong, and choices I wish I’d made differently. Hoping that this experience can at least provide an example that…
Anchor Advisors turns 20
“Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don’t settle for them.” ~ Mia Hamm Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of the founding of Anchor Advisors. I’ve been out on my own for two decades now! What does it mean to make it 20 years? According to the Bureau of Labor…
Do you have a monkey running your life?
In our last two conversations, we talked about how easy it is to get captivated by our business. So much so that it can be hard to stop working. But even when we do get the chance to take a break, it can be hard to rest. If you’re like me, the challenge of quieting…
How I learned to love time off
In my last email, I talked about how intoxicating it can be to work hard at something you are fully engaged in. Especially when you can see how your extra effort results in quick wins for your business. It feels great. It is so great that I will give up rest, time with my family,…
The future is not guaranteed
“No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.” ~ Alan Watts There’s something special about owning your own business. Every additional ounce of effort you put into it directly drives your success. You can see it right at the moment. It’s so intoxicating and invigorating…