Boundaries: The Key To Ownership

Business Management, Mindset

The perk of ownership is to do what you want with it. We set out to own things to control them by dictating how they are used, by whom, when, and how. A lot of ownership is lost when control is given to others. Such a surrender isn’t always as obvious as the handing...

Take The Labor Out Of Your Small Business

Mindset, Time Freedom

Each Labor Day I am reminded that running my own business is labor of love. I’ve written about it twice before once to give bankable reminders to make money HERE and once to share strategies that make you a better boss to yourself and others HERE. This year I want to...

Fixing Your Focus – Guru Style

Mindset, Resource, Time Freedom

For most of us, success in entrepreneurship comes with consistency, and that consistency demands focus. The human experience includes being inconsistent and distracted. We literally have to fight the inclinations to stop or take breaks from the very things that define...

Getting Your Business Ready For More

Business Management, Mindset

All entrepreneurs reach a point in their business where they are ready to grow. Ready to go beyond word of mouth to start marketing. Ready to build a team and start hiring. Ready to tighten up processes to take more clients by opening capacity. Ready to go beyond...

The Overlooked Investments Of Successful Business

Growth, Mindset

When aspiring to your first 6 figures in revenue, often focus is on the obvious investments like brand, team, systems, and processes. However, there are overlooked factors that can make a significant difference in the path to success. They can create new avenues to...

Turning To Specialty Professions As Key Reminders

Business Management, Mindset, Strategy

One thing I love about children is their imagination. Especially when they start to identify with different jobs and professions as “who they want to be when they grow up”. I want to use that sentiment to remind entrepreneurs of what their business should be to “grow...