I had mixed emotions the first year my business hit 7-figures. On the one hand, I felt elated – the business was doing great, I was traveling internationally for conferences, the demand for my company’s services was high.  On the other…I was starting

[Excerpted from an interview with Debbie King published by Authority Magazine.] Sometimes experience is our best teacher. Other times we just need to hear the right message at the right time. Authority Magazine recently interviewed me about 5 things I wish I’d known

Here’s what they don’t teach in business school: the single most important thing you must do is love your business. This isn’t a new flavor of “woo;” if you don’t love your business, no one else will either. Not your clients, not your

Ever have days where you wish you could just sell your business? Cash out and escape it for good? Like when your third operations manager in a row quits and you have to jump back into running the day-to-day. Or maybe it’s when

[Article by Debbie King published by FastCompany.com. Photo: Brooke Cagle/Unsplash] Our subconscious is filled with rules, do’s, don’ts, and “truths” we’ve been collecting since childhood.  There’s not enough time, so hurry. No matter what you do, it must be the best. Work hard

I used to spend a lot of time resenting my business and trying to escape from it. One time I took a three-week trip to New Zealand to ride horses on the spur of the moment because the stress was too much, and

Does this sound familiar? “Before I’m even fully awake in the morning, I start worrying about my business—the bank account, the staff, the clients or the proposal I have to write.”  I hear this from business owners all the time, and my day used

When I was dating my husband, who is a financially conservative guy, I used to come up with all these extravagant vacation ideas. One time I said, “Let’s go spend a week in Maine in August at a brand-new home on a lake!”

How to Get Better Results in Less Time. It’s tempting to think the fastest way to get results is to act fast. As business owners, most of us have a bias for action because it’s something we can do and feel. Plus action