Survival isn’t a phase you outgrow in business. It’s a state you re-enter when you feel threatened. In my experience, there are four core states: Survival Achievement Awareness Flow I’d love to tell you it’s a linear progression and once I “completed” each state, I never went back, but that’s just not true.  These aren’t

The Wrong Questions I used to ask, How can I make more money? How can I prove how smart I am? How can I be successful? And I sacrificed my health, my relationships, and my peace for decades in answer to those questions. Life becomes an answer to the questions we ask.  It’s cause and

Your Energy Is an Asset When you’re uncertain, your mind goes hunting for information. It wants safety. But there’s a point where more input costs you. Your energy drops, both the amount you have and the quality of it. Energy is the most important thing you own. It’s what allows you to be present and

Desire and Capacity Your desires aren’t random. They reflect who you want to be and what matters to you. The desire and the ability to have it are linked together. We don’t all want the same life. Some people want to build companies. Others want to make music. Some want to be scientists.  Desire asks

Why the Past Is a Poor Predictor of the Future When we sit down to work on next year’s forecast, most of us pull out last year’s numbers, add X%, and call it a plan. We’ve been conditioned to believe the past is the best predictor of the future. It’s not. Your past results weren’t

Beliefs Don’t Have to Be True Many of the beliefs shaping your life are not objectively true, even though you experience them as real. A mirage isn’t true. But if you see water in the desert, the experience is real to you. Your body responds. You might even move toward it. Beliefs work the same