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 conscious of what we’re thinking or feeling. We say we’re frustrated or

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 know you need to raise your prices. Your costs increase, but

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 sitting there, and the real issue isn’t the proposal.  We usually see

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 around it. But the longer I work with founders, the more I

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 for another. The energy cost of that trade is what wears us out. There’s a pattern

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 what I thought would be a great team-building event at a culinary