MLK’s sermon – The 3 Dimensions of a Complete Life – is a classic and brings fresh meaning for entrepreneurs in particular here in 2021.

That’s right – we made it to Year Three! Can you believe it? Time flies when you’re having fun, eh? We’ve certainly enjoyed the ride – challenging and crazy as it’s been. You wanna know the number one thing I’ve learned as an entrepreneur this year? The POWER of GRATEFULNESS. My word of the year […]

Recently we encountered a delightful New York native who has a penchant for all things Cali – a journalist by trade who once wrote a book on relationships and the struggle between men and women and what’s behind all of that. The book is entitled “Kaliening on the Road to Happiness” – self-published back in the […]

We’ve been a proponent of choosing One Word as an overarching, umbrella-like theme for your year for some time now. Admittedly, it’s quite difficult – even agonizing – to choose just one word to represent the trajectory and mindset for your entire year ahead. However, doing so can be quite powerful. Last year, we chose the word […]

What’s most sacred to you in your life? Your time? Your family? Your relationships? Your sanity? Holidays are a good reminder of that. But let’s face it: (A) Work doesn’t stop just because the holidays roll around (especially for us entrepreneurs) and (B) although the holidays are supposed to be fun and merry, it can […]

Last week we asked the question: WHY do we sabotage our own business dreams? Today we’re coming back to you with a special weekend-edition response to that – giving you 5 of our best ways we’ve found to NOT sabotage our dreams. This is a bit of encouragement  we wanted to share with you that […]

Why Authentic Effort is Needed for Authentic Marketing Magic: so today I brought you along with me for a bit of a fall run. Running by the river is a great way for me to clear my head, get some creative juices flowing, etc. And while running, a message came to me literally through a […]

Do you remember what your One Word for 2018 is? Now’s a great time to go back and reflect on that. Not too late to incorporate it afresh or to a deeper extent in your world!! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQwx3mLAEdI&w=640&h=360] Read our original One Word for 2018 New Year’s Eve Blog. Watch our original One Word for […]

You wouldn’t necessarily think there’s much you could learn about business from a guy who’s a forester. Growing up (and even now), my dad loved tromping around in the woods, tackling the nation’s largest forest fires, prescribing forest fires and probably so much more I have not a clue about. He’s now the pastor of a small, […]

Two of the biggest enemies of success: Analysis Paralysis and Perfectionism Paralysis. We have so much negative talk and artificial roadblocks in our heads that keep us from starting or finishing something: a business, that website, our book, that song, that album, the company app. We end up endlessly tweaking – never finishing. How do we get around that? Perhaps […]