You knew the timing was right. Your friends said it was a great idea. So you took the leap, hung up your shingle and started a business. And then… Somewhere along the way the hours got longer, nights got shorter and then there was the gnawing feeling of overwhelm and...
I struggle writing goals for the year. Don’t get me wrong - I’m all over project goals and making my Flight Plan for the week. But sitting down to write goals for the year makes my palms sweat and always feels like a blind dart toss. And the only thing worse than...
This is the time of year I freak out. And it’s not about last minute Christmas shopping. Or rushing to finish up projects before the holidays. What freaks me out is more of a slow-burning, can’t-escape-it feeling. Here it is: I worry that next year will be more or...
There’s something seductive about making a list - especially at year end. Our Disney-like dream is that everything we list will - poof! - magically get done. So, we pull up a chair, grab our favourite pen, and with firm chin (whatever that means), open our journal to...
This time management lesson might seem too simple to be of value. But, once you try it — just like chocolate dip on an ice cream cone — you’ll never go without again. I’ll tell you what that lesson is in just a minute. But first, I ask you to close your eyes (actually...
Down a long hallway, in a basement somewhere under the Stanford campus, an experiment was taking place that would spiral out of control so badly it had to be aborted part way through. On paper it was brilliant - in reality, it triggered one of the most sensitive parts...
The first time I was self-employed I couldn’t even spell ‘entrepreneur’ - I just knew I wanted it. I’d worked night-shift, feeding paper rolls from cash registers into temperamental computer readers, washed dishes in a hospital kitchen, built fences and even tried my...