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

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

Presence Matters More than Strategy Most founders start out running their business in react mode. Making decisions from urgency. Interpreting situations through the pressure of the moment. Bracing without even realizing it. In my early years in business, this was my default too.

Founders don’t come to me and say, “Debbie, I have so much energy it’s unbelievable! I feel so relaxed and clear about what to do. I see how I was holding myself back, and I know everything I want is possible.” They don’t

Imagine an investor shadowing you for a week. Watching how much you work, how you make decisions, and how you talk to yourself. Knowing how much you sleep and what you eat. Would they say you were treating yourself like an asset of

Founders have one of the hardest jobs in the world: creating something from nothing.  But as amazing as that is, we don’t treat ourselves very well. We criticize ourselves all the time. It’s almost as if we don’t really like ourselves. But, you

You feel it in your body first. The tightness in your chest or the sinking feeling in your gut when you realize once again it’s not good enough. A mental checklist runs through your mind while your team is still talking. The impulse

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

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,