Let’s say you’re driving on a single-lane road up a mountain pass. On either side of your car is a sheer cliff — if you veered off to one side or the other, you’d drive off the mountain. Protecting you are the metal guardrails. They provide safety. They let you…

I don’t know about you, but my brain seems to be on overdrive — non-stop! When I divorced in 2013, I remember my therapist asking me, “When do you relax?” I got defensive before replying, “I relax plenty!” But she was too smart and saw through my bullshit. Nowadays, at…

I need clients! That’s what I embarrassingly blurted out about 5 years ago when Dave asked me, ‘How can I support you?’. Ugh — what a loser I was!! When I joined the entrepreneurial ranks, I REALLY learned the importance of networking. And I was also brought into a new…

🎶 Celllll-uh-brate good times, come on!! 🎶 Kool & The Gang sing it best! I’m writing this 1 day before my 48th birthday. And I love celebrating! It doesn’t always need to be a huge party or a big event. Just enough to celebrate the very day I entered this…

You told ’em nothin’, and they got nothin’ That’s what Robert De Nero’s character, Jimmy Conway, says to Henry Hill in the movie Goodfellas after he gets ‘pinched’ for selling illegal cigarettes for the mafia. As I was rewatching this classic film, it dawned on me that SO many leaders…

I’m not going streaking through the quad. I can guarantee you that 100%! Let me explain… For many of us, the idea of doing certain things (like streaking naked through the streets of your college) is something you’re just NOT going to do. Period! …

“Did he have an epiphany? What tools does he have at his disposal?” These are the questions I was asked recently about a client. And to be honest, I squirmed and wasn’t sure how I was supposed to answer those questions. I thought to myself, “Is it fair for me…

What are your non-negotiables? Do you even know what they are? And if you do, do you know why they’re non-negotiable? If they’re non-negotiable, I’m curious how often you negotiate them and then compromise There’s lots of talk about holding boundaries these days. It’s a trend — just like working…

It’s been said that a goal not written down is nothing more than a wish. As you read those words, check-in with yourself — what came up? Did you roll your eyes and call bullshit? Did you scoff and rebel against those words? Did you simply read them with curiosity…