Thinking out loud, in order.
These arrive when there is something to say, which is not often and not on a schedule. The unfinished ones go to Notes instead.
The Dream I Put Down
For twenty years I planned to leave this town the day the last one launched. Then my son planted roots, and I had to ask what a dream is actually for.
I Called It Hustle
For years I named my practice after the thing I was most proud of surviving. This week I retired the word, and kept the hour.
Two Kinds of Stuck
Some stuck is a gap in what you know. Some stuck is a pattern in how you work. They feel identical from the inside, which is why we keep buying the wrong solution.
The Far End of What You're Good At
Ask someone which failure sounds most like them and they answer in under two seconds. Nobody has to think about it, which tells you something.
Rest On Your Bike
On a hot afternoon in the South Carolina foothills, my husband told me to rest on my bike. It took me twenty years to understand what he meant.
A Third, Invisible Option That Could Change Everything
Our binary brains ask should I or shouldn't I. There is a third question underneath that one, and it changes what you can see.
Are You Willing to Quit?
Five words I ask myself whenever the work feels bigger than I am. The answer arrives faster than you would think.
The Real Reason to Consider Creating a Course
Beyond the money and the passive revenue, beyond everyone else is doing it. The questions that lead to a course that actually changes someone.
5 Questions For a Fantastic New Year
Before you map out the year ahead, five questions that make room for the big dreams to land.
The Misblessings of Thanksgiving
My gratitude list has been the same for ten years. This year I wondered what would happen if I gave thanks for the hard parts too.
Would Anyone Really Pay For That?
My son talked himself out of a business idea in a single sentence. Here is what I have learned about the ideas we dismiss before anyone else gets the chance.
How Will You Spend Your 43,245 Hours?
That is the average working life, hour for hour. A question worth asking whatever you decide to do with the answer.
Five Heartfelt Reasons to Build a Signature Program
Not the marketing case. The five reasons my clients actually build one, and what changes for them when they do.
Every so often I write one of these before it is finished, and send it to whoever wants it.
No schedule, no pitch. An invitation, something worth passing along, or a question I have been asking myself that day.
