The Value Of Stress And Why You Need To Apply Small Amounts To Your Business :382
The latest headline declares “Business closures surge by 200% as coronavirus hammers US economy, study finds.” We have all experienced a force majeure (a cool word I heard a lawyer use the other day and thought I’d give it a shot with you here:) of sorts in the last...
LISTEN! “Normal” Ain’t Comin’ Back, It’s Time To Search For Something Brand New
Cliches are fast to harden during a pandemic. “In these uncertain times.” “When things go back to normal.” “When the economy re-opens.” The root word for “normal” gives reference to a carpenter’s square. A tool used so the angles will be standardized and without...
Why This Season Of Solitude Is So Important
A couple of nights ago my boys and I and a couple of their friends went to a small island in a nearby river and camped for the night. River Rat Island (self-named by a group of local friends) is a surreal place probably the size of a football field or two, packed with...
Building The 1,000 Piece Puzzle Of Your Business
It’s been well over a month since the “normal” schedule of school and sports were put on pause indefinitely forcing families to either acquiesce to either the binge consumption of Netflix and online gaming, or the creation of new things that did not exist prior. Just...
Do Not Expect Your Business To Return To “Normal”: “Better Start Swimmin’ Or You’ll Sink Like A Stone” – 377
The international narrative is harmonizing around the idea of “reopening” the economy and with it the assumption that once reopened, everything will return back to “normal”. “Normal” is not possible. As with any trauma the mind and body we begin responding...
Edison Did NOT Invent The Lightbulb…But He Did Build Something Better
Since I can remember Thomas Edison was the inventor of the light bulb. Until I read Richard Friday’s insightful book The Great Reset and found out Edison in fact did not invent the lightbulb. In the early 1800’s Sir Humphrey Davy began inventing a variety of safety...
Every Owner Needs An Implementer: Here Is What They Look Like
Starting out in the survival stage of your business means you spend most days dreaming, doing, and making sure that everything is being held together. Growth slowly (sometimes not so slowly) begins to creep in and before you know it you are maxed out not knowing how...
How We Turned My Coaching Into A System…So OTHERS Could Benefit
The first time I stepped foot onto Nigerian soil it was clear, “...this was way different than home.” We have been traveling in and out of Nigeria since 2006 and have developed some dear friends and partners during that time allowing us to work on important projects....
4 Things You Can (Err…Should) Do When You Feel Chaos…Starting Tonight
Over the weekend I devoured John Eldredge’s new book, Get Your Life Back: Everyday Practices For A World Gone Mad. A line in his introduction had me hooked as he was laying out the purpose of the book, “I found myself flinching when a friend texted and asked for some...
What REAL Leadership Looks Like In The Midst Of A Pandemic – 375
I’ve been working through the true account of Earnest Shackleton’s 1914 voyage from England to Antarctica where Shackleton and an entire British nation were hoping he would be the first man to cross the Antarctic continent on foot. I’m a little more than...
A Business On Purpose Is Profitable AND Generous – 369
When we hear the word “economics” we tend to retreat quickly to lighter topics instead of anchoring ourselves for a thoughtful discussion. A Business On Purpose is a business that is eager to learn about and contribute to...
The One Word We Are Focused On In 2020 – 368
We are wrapping our fifth calendar year as a business and in pursuit of our mission to liberate business owners from the chaos of working IN their business so they can build a business on purpose and leverage their business AS their mission in life. Why We Are Doing...
Four Powerful Books For You To Read In 2020
Over the holiday break I had a chance to restructure my bookshelves and do one of my favorite things...meander through my books! Books are NOT just for nerds like me. Books are a wise conversation with an old soul. Hemingway said, “no friend is as loyal as a...
How To Position Your Business As A Platform To Help Employees Eliminate $68k In Debt
Too many owners see their businesses either as an irritation to endure or as a machine merely for profit-generation. A business is so much more. Business and commerce are incredible tools in the hands of thoughtful owners that can be leveraged as a powerful force for...
How WRITING Out Your Values Can Help You Quit Smoking Or Build A Powerful Business?
Coaching business owners has allowed us some pretty exciting highs. Coaching also requires the thickening of a coach's skin. There are plenty of days where I show up to “practice” ready to coach and the response is a subtle eye roll from an owner, “Really? We’re...