You feel it in your body first. The tightness in your chest or the sinking feeling in your gut when you realize once again it’s not good enough. A mental checklist runs through your mind while your team is still talking. The impulse

Being conscious starts with being aware of how your inner world creates your outer experience. In practical terms this means noticing how your thoughts and feelings create the actions and results in your life. The problem is we spend much of our lives not being

When we feel stuck we think something’s wrong with us or we just need more willpower. That’s not what I believe. There’s nothing wrong with you and you wouldn’t have a business in the first place if you didn’t have willpower. For example,

You’re about to send pricing on a significant deal. Your finger hovers over the send button. Something stops you. You tell yourself you need to review it one more time, maybe adjust the terms, perhaps add more justification. An hour later, you’re still

The Difference AI has already commoditized analysis, and the models will keep improving. Logic isn’t a differentiator in business. But you have access to a type of knowing AI doesn’t have: intuition.  I have a healthy respect for logic and data. I built my first business

Why You’re Tired Your business isn’t what’s making you tired, even though it seems that way. Avoiding your emotions is what drains most of your energy. It takes effort to resist uncomfortable feelings.  The problem is, we never really avoid the feeling. We just trade one bad feeling

Presence Isn’t Private Your thoughts and feelings aren’t as private as you think. Your inner state is broadcasting and other people pick up on it: your team, clients, prospects and partners. That’s why who you’re being matters even more than what you’re doing. I remember years ago organizing

Your Business Is Your Teacher We think what’s important are the big things: the launch, the deal, the exit. But the real tests happen in the small moments. When the team misses a deadline. When a customer cancels. When the product fails. That’s

I came across a poem recently that struck me deeply. It captures what it means to live without awareness and what other choices are possible when we become conscious. Autobiography in Five Short Chapters by Portia Nelson Chapter 1.I walk down the street.There