“Foundation first” isn’t a one time, never think about it again kind of thing. Us silly humans like to forget some of the brilliant systems we’ve set up to help us stay sane, productive, and (gasp!) make dreams happen.
For example, my systems were supporting a certain level of activity just fine, (served well in [...]

Rules. We rebel against them. We benefit from them. Maybe they could be called “gems”, but the sense I get from folks is that they want it spelled out and quickly. So Rules they be and here they are.
This is by no means a full list. I’ll add stuff as I trip across [...]

Meeting time. Are you looking forward to a gathering of like minded individuals working toward a common goal? Or are you dreading a wasted two hours that could be spent doing something more important?
The narrow zoom
When the person leading the meeting has a narrow focus, think of a zoom lens on your camera, it’s easy [...]

One of the muscles you get to strengthen on your simplifying journey is discipline. (Yes, the dreaded D word.)
You might exert discipline in some areas of your life, but it may be a big challenge to hold the line when you’re in that hazy realm between intention and habit.
Simplifying “tips and tricks” come down [...]

You’ve got a monthly meeting coming up. It’s with a good group of people to discuss something you are interested in. The meeting part is easy. the question is, how can you stay in your ideal Natural Professional zone when you know you’ll walk out of that meeting with a big ole list of [...]

One of the points that came up in the Chamber of Commerce speech last week was looking at each day as a whole.
When I take a moment to look at the context of all the other factors, what happened the day/night before, health, other responsibilities, state of my business, fun vs. mentally challenging [...]

In a call the other day, my co-coaching friend said, “I’m going to go with the flow on that one.”
A common enough phrase. It sounds easy going, relaxed. A harkening back to the free flowin’ 1960s.
But something was amiss. Something in me threw on the brakes. The next thing I heard was myself saying, [...]