Would people still respect me if I said I didn’t know?  I didn’t think so.So I rarely said it.  I believed my business was growing and profitable because I knew things other people didn’t know. My expertise helped me win clients and earn the respect of my team. Knowing made me feel smart and important.

They’re great.They’re impossible.And you can’t afford to lose them. At least that’s what you keep telling yourself. You have lots of evidence for the “great” part: They’re reliable. Everyone likes them. They know where everything is and they’ve been with you for years.  Then there’s the other part. The part about how their actual job isn’t getting done. Or maybe it’s the other kind of

There is always more to do. That’s what makes the voice in my head so convincing. It’s technically right. And the voice isn’t new. When I was ten, as soon as I finished my Frosted Flakes, it would start urging me to make the bed, read the book, practice the piano.  Plus there was always the bike to

My husband loves to tell the story about something I said when we first met. “I’ve created my reality by thinking a certain way and if you challenge it, everything could fall apart. I have to believe what I’m doing is right and stay focused on where I’m going, not on what could go wrong.” He thought

Every founder I know makes some version of this bargain: I’ll feel good when I hit the number. I’ll relax when the deal closes. I’ll rest when the team is solid. I’ll stop pushing when I’m sure it’ll work. But we’re not just postponing feeling good. We’re also practicing a way of being. What You Practice If I spend

I make movies in my mind. And so do you. We did it when we started our businesses.  We saw ourselves calling the shots, finally doing things our way. It felt intoxicating and invigorating. If we hadn’t been able to see it and feel it, we probably wouldn’t have had the courage to do it. But sometimes this superpower