Blame leads us to think something outside of us is causing our experience.  It robs us of personal power.  When we blame our customers, our team, or our sales, we give our power away to an outside circumstance, and we feel stuck.  We’re

As soon as you decide to do something important, like hire a COO, give a speech, or create a new product, the battle starts. Procrastination. The “future you” wants to do something important and the “present you” is resisting. Your neocortex fights with

Did you know the more predictable your business is, the more valuable your company is? That’s why you want to run your business like you plan to sell it. Because then you’ll be able to make decisions that will increase the predictability and

These are the things that the $20M/$50M/$100M CEO does. 1. Create the vision: founders are naturally great at this. 2. Decide the priorities: this is the strategy piece. 3. Allocate resources (time, money, people). 4. Evaluate results: what will you measure? 5. Hire

Is your business an asset someone else would buy? Take this quick test. Answer yes or no: 1. I handle most of the sales. 2. I write or review the proposals. 3. I know most of my clients by name. 4. In order

Your brain is always thinking. That’s what it was designed to do. The top priority is to ensure your survival, which is why your brain looks for and notices potential threats all day long. Then your brain goes to work by offering you