I was feeling completely burnt out with no energy. I do sometimes take weekends off but most weekends you would find me working at least part of the time. I started my business 10 years ago and I love it. I try to take a lot of trips and vacations but would rarely unplug fully. […]
Reflections on 2018 – My Best Year Ever in Business
I know everyone is doing a lot of reflecting on 2018 and I’ve been doing a lot of planning for the next year. I thought I’d share a little bit of what I’ve learned in this last year. Best Year Ever for my business So that’s awesome. But it actually came more out of necessity […]
My Story and My Why
14 years ago I was laid off from my job. I was an engineer and I will never forget that meeting where they told us that our whole department was being eliminated. It was a total surprised and I felt like I had been punched in the gut. It was definitely scary but I […]
Your “Baby”
So I got a message from the universe the other day. Actually it was a message I had heard before but in a much different context. It was a message I got from the nurse during the birth of my 2nd son. “Your baby needs you to push now.” I tell the story in this […]
My Business Manifesto
Why did you start your business? What do you believe in? What do you stand for? These were some of the questions I was recently wrestling with at a recent meeting of the National Speakers Association Colorado Chapter. The topic was how to stand out from the crowd and it was facilitated by Ava Diamond […]
The Big Secret: All Entrepreneurs are a Little Bit Crazy
I remember the first time I found out that I wasn’t the only crazy one. I thought that other entrepreneurs had everything all together and that once I “made it”, I would also have it together and know exactly what to do next. But I was talking to Johnny B Truant at SXSW about 7 […]
My 2nd Triathlon – Where Fear Shows Up
So I did my 2nd triathlon. Which is kind of shocking since my first triathlon was so horrible that I had to blog about it. But I couldn’t let the story end there. I signed up for my 2nd one after my friend Sandra sent me an e-mail. Peer pressure in Boulder is weird. Come […]
The Dumbest Thing I Ever Did…So Far
So I signed up for a triathlon. Before you go jumping to conclusions, signing up was not the dumbest thing. Lots of people do triathlons. I love running, I love biking, and I’m a decent swimmer. So why not? The problem was I signed up for the wrong triathlon. A horribly terrible yet very scenic […]