Every entrepreneur that I work with has a similar problem: They want to do EVERYTHING. Afterall, part of the allure for them to pursue entrepreneurship was to be able to have CHOICE in their activities, IMMUNITY from the constraints set by others, and ultimately...

“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...

When I met my first coach, Gary, in person for the first time many, many years ago, he asked me two questions: “Who Are You?” “Why Are You Here?” To be honest, I thought that these questions were slightly ridiculous, as prior to our first in-person meeting we had...

“You’re making this too hard.” A popular phrase I often repeat to clients. As I spend time with entrepreneurs and business owners each week “You’re making this too hard,” is something that I find myself saying over and over again. It generally comes across as some...

Over the years, a parable has been making the rounds of entrepreneurial magazines, websites, and even the walls of Jimmy John’s restaurants. It’s known by a few different titles - “The Banker and the Fisherman” or “The Mexican Fisherman” – and it brings a lesson in...

It’s no secret to my friends that, although I’m probably less than 15% Danish, I love my Danish heritage. At my wedding my mother made a Danish wedding cake and we froze 25 bottles of the “delightfully” caraway and dill flavored Danish Aquavit in blocks of ice and our...

Google “work life balance” and you’ll receive about 601,000,000 results in .40 seconds. That’s more than Mother Teresa (119,000,000), kitten videos (286,000,000) and Stormy Daniels (48,600,000) combined. (Yes, I realize that I just referenced Mother Teresa and Stormy...