I invite you to take a moment to reflect on this question:  Is your business designed for burnout?  If your answer is “yes” or “maybe”, it’s no surprise. The business landscape for entrepreneurs glorifies exhaustion and equates busyness with productivity.  The truth is, you may be running a burnout-prone business and not even know it!…

Have you ever considered what things to let go of for success? Here’s another question … When it comes to accomplishing your priorities, which role do you assume: cheerleader or critic? Perhaps it’s a little of each. What both of these roles have in common is they are influenced by your habits. Habits are the…

It’s Friday night and my friends and I are trying to decide where to go for dinner. The possibilities are endless, yet no one wants to make the decision of what to eat and where to go.  We’re all intelligent and capable individuals. That wasn’t the issue. What we had in common was we all…

Let’s talk about something I believe affects a lot of us business owners: perfectionism. Now, don’t get me wrong, having high standards and striving for excellence are great qualities to have, especially when you’re running a business. But when those qualities turn into perfectionism, it can be a real problem. Perfectionism is the belief that…

One of the most important lessons I’ve learned on my journey as a business owner and leader is the art of saying “yes” only to what matters most. The term, what matters most, gets thrown around a lot.  But have you ever paused to take stock of what TRULY matters most to you? When you’re…

I remember the moment I realized being an entrepreneur didn’t mean I had to be a lone wolf sitting on a landscape of loneliness. It was when I joined a coaching mastermind designed to help emerging entrepreneurs like me (at the time) grow my business. As I stepped through the doorway of our first meeting,…

The signs of spring are all around you. The days get longer, the snow begins to melt and the winter jacket and boots get put away.   I love spring because it’s a time of possibility and potential. You can feel your senses come alive as you shed the layers of clothing and have more time…

Today, I invite you to consider one of the most powerful tools you have at your disposal: authenticity. As business owners, we get caught in the web of feeling like we must present a certain image or project a certain persona in order to impress our customers or clients.  Doing so is natural because we…