As I approach my 10 year business anniversary, I reflect on how much my understanding of my own job has changed since the beginning. I used to believe that basic coaching was enough to get someone unstuck — and it was for a lot of people! But over the years…

First, let’s get some things out of the way. 1. You can’t actually manage time, you can only manage your attention 2. No matter how efficient you are, you’ll never be able to magically fit too many things into one day The theme in my coaching calls this month seems…

I was exhausted. My daily nap wasn’t helping, nor was eating healthy and taking care of myself. When I did any exercise, I would fall asleep on the floor when I was done. This is what burnout feels like, I finally realized. …

My current framework for working with clients, and why I resisted having one for so long Why is this article so hard to write? Every time I’ve tried over the past few months I’ve given up and written something else instead. …

Today I just have a full-blown rant for you. This usually isn’t my style because I like to give you actionable things to work with, but we need to talk about this. There’s a phrase coaches use when a client isn’t getting results, and that is “they’re just not coachable”…

Unfortunately, feeling trapped, stuck, desperate, scared, or hopeless, among other things, is not uncommon to the entrepreneur experience. We fluctuate from feelings of high to low and back up in a matter or minutes sometimes, or the feelings can extend over weeks and months. Most people can’t withstand the instability…

“I said no to something! I was invited to dinner with some friends, but I said no because it was our last night on holiday and I wanted to try a new restaurant instead.” This report came from a proud client who, historically, was terrified of offending people, so she…

I remember sitting at my desk at BlackBerry when my co-worker Andrew excitedly returned to work with a big smile on his face. He had been on a Six Sigma training course, and it was totally blowing his mind. I was 22, and a complete sponge for everything in the…

and an innovative courage-based planning tool to use when your self-doubt comes between you and your goals How many times have you set goals in your business? And how many of those times did you immediately put them out of sight and forget about them? Or worse, how many times…