Your Busyness is Hurting Your Business: GO DEEP OR GO HOME

“How are you doing?” “I’m SO busy!” “That’s so great!” Or even worse…. “How are you doing? Are you busy?” Somehow, “busyness” has become a status symbol of the elite and wealthy, but does anyone really know why? When did busyness become the standard for success? Was...

How Overthinking Is Slowing Killing You: YOU DON’T NEED A PLAN Z

A huge part of my “job” (we’re all volunteers) as the Crew Chief for the “world’s greatest race team,” the Cactus Warriors, is to do all of the planning for the race. This is a non-inclusive list of some of the things that I am responsible for planning for the team:...

STOICISM 101: The Best Toolset for an Uncertain World

After I got sick in 2016 with debilitating panic and anxiety attacks, a friend of mine turned me on to a book by Ryan Holiday called The Obstacle Is The Way. The book is inspired and rooted in the practical philosophy of Stoicism, but it does not explicitly teach...

How Much Should You Spend?: MARKETING ROI FOR DUMMIES

“Exposure is what homeless people die from” – Marketing Exec I used to work with Every time I start working with an entrepreneur, I send them a “housekeeping” email asking them for several very important pieces of information such as business plans, mission and...