Category: Thursday Thought Drop

We are professionals at disaster. Give most of us a stressful situation and we'll run the worst-case scenario in full HD… every conversation that goes wrong, every deal that falls through, every version of tomorrow where it all falls apart. We rehearse it. We refine it. We give it hours. I hate...

I've been thinking a lot lately about how I measure success. When you own a business, revenue is the obvious answer. And let's be clear: money matters. I want my business to make money. I need it to make money if I want to keep doing this. I'm not interested in pretending otherwise....

Earlier this week, I caught myself doing something I know better than to do. I was beating myself up. Last week brought some unexpected expenses and financial stress, and I've noticed something about myself: when I'm stressed about money, that stress has a sneaky way of leaking into other areas of...

My dog learned to swim this summer. That might not sound particularly remarkable, dogs are supposed to know how to swim, right? Apparently, no one told Fitz, my golden doodle. I adopted him a few years ago, and this was our third summer together. I have a pool, and every summer I've tried to...

Lately, I've been spending a lot of time talking about two things: mindset and emotional intelligence. And the more I teach both, the more convinced I am that they're almost impossible to separate. Because here's what happens: A circumstance occurs. We tell ourselves a story about what it...

  At the beginning of this summer, I decided I wanted to create a magical summer. Not because I had some elaborate bucket list or grand plan. I just didn't want to get to the end of summer and wonder where it went. I wanted to be intentional about enjoying it. About noticing it. About...

All summer, I've been encouraging you to create a little more magic in your life. To be intentional. To notice what's already good. To think about the person you're becoming. To create memories. To enjoy the season you're in. But here's the thing... Life didn't stop just because we decided to have...

Last week, we talked about acting "as if." You do this not to pretend to be someone you’re not, but to practice being the person you're becoming. But here's something important about practice: it doesn't mean perfection.  You can do the work. You can become more aware of your thinking,...

Last week, we talked about the power of the words "I am." We explored how identity shapes our choices and challenged ourselves to begin speaking as the person we're becoming. But here's where most people get stuck. They think they have to fully believe the new story before they can live it. They...

If you are among those that are still waiting for the magical moment… The promotion. The sign. The morning you wake up and just feel different. I hate to tell you but that moment likely isn't coming. It is not because magic doesn't exist.  It is because you've been looking for it in...