What would you do if you could get 10 hours a week back in your business?

So many small business entrepreneurs are running fast toward burnout.  

It's tough being the CEO and wearing "all the hats" inside your business.  Women entrepreneurs, especially!  (My wife and several others I know take it to a whole new level--they are amazing!)

No matter who you are, if you own your own business, then you are the CEO.

And I'm on a mission to not let your business run you.  Life is too amazing to spend it behind a laptop 24/7! 

Let me share a story with you about how one of my clients took charge of her day and freed up 10 hours a week!

I'll walk you through the 5 steps she took in her business to find the freedom she wanted.  She's just getting started, but the progress she's made in the past six months is amazing!

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One of my clients recently freed up two hours a day during her workday to spend however she wants.

She's an...

The meeting adjourns and you are still no closer to addressing the issues you and your team came there to discuss. 

You've gotten nowhere except knowing that you have a problem.

You've been talking about this sticky issue for months now!  When is your team going to decide to do something about it? 

Sound familiar?  This is a common experience for so many business owners.

Just Another Day at the Office

We beat problems to death and still are no closer to creating what we want to see in the business.  Seldom do we talk about what we really want to see and how we can make that the new reality!

The bad has more weight than the good, so we focus on what we don’t want.  This keeps leadership teams around the world stuck on the hamster wheel of endless frustrating discussions, feeling powerless to effect change.

What would it look like for you and your team to become masters at creating solutions to the many...

“A company’s job isn’t to empower people; it’s to remind people that they walk in the door with power and to create the conditions for them to exercise it.”

– Patty McCord, Former Chief Talent Officer at Netflix 

This is the essence of Servant Leadership:  to bring people's gifts and potential to life.

What would be different if you were to see the individuals on your team as already powerful and get them to see it for themselves?

What would it look like for you to create the conditions for them to exercise their power? 

When you're able to do this you've become a True Servant Leader, your people will thank you because you will fundamentally change how they see themselves and their ability to do great work.

Create the Opening for Autonomy, Competency, and Connection

Psychologists, Edward L. Deci and Richard Ryan, have spent years researching self-motivation, where it comes from, and...

It’s common to hear leaders talk about empowering their people--as in “I’m trying to empower my people, but I just can’t get them to take ownership.”

Imagine. I’m your manager, and I walk over to you carrying a pen and tell you to take it.  You grab it, but I won’t let go.

I look back at you, frustrated, asking, “what is wrong with you?”  “Why can’t I get you to take my pen?”

How’s that going to work out for me and you?

When Empowering Others Gets Misplaced

Empowerment means delegating power to others.  It's interesting to think that people need permission to take ownership.

Patty McCord, former Chief Talent Officer at Netflix and author Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility, tells us that people already have power and to not take it away.

“A company’s job isn’t to empower people,” she says. “It’s to remind people that they walk in the...

You've heard it many times: “People resist change.”  Do they?

Give somebody one million dollars and they’re not going to hesitate to make changes.  

If there was a magic pill that was scientifically proven to cause weight loss safely, people would buy it off the shelves faster than toilet paper in Corona 2020.

People love the idea of change, especially when it’s something they know they want in their lives.  But yet they still don’t pursue it.  Why not?

It’s not change that people are resisting, it’s the thought of losing what they have.  

It’s only normal, when contemplating a change, to cling to what you know and what you already have.  Even though it’s not what you want--it’s familiar.  

At times guilt will arise:  “I should be grateful for what I have.” (especially considering the world today)

If not guilt, then it’s worry and ...

There's a big difference between BEING LEADERSHIP and DOING LEADERSHIP.

DOING LEADERSHIP is based on grit, determination, willpower, certainty, and authority. At its core, BEING LEADERSHIP is creativity, collaboration, objectivity, presence, curiosity, and easy confidence.

DOING LEADERSHIP is exhausting, BEING LEADERSHIP is effortless.

When leaders are able to make the fundamental shift from Doing to Being everything changes.

Being Leaders have adopted a true inner-confidence that sustains them through adversity and it inspires others. 

They're no longer driven by results only, but instead, focus on what they can control--their own performance.  The confidence that they hold doesn't come from past results but from an inner-belief that they can do hard things. 

BEING LEADERS drive the results and don't allow the results to drive them.

Seeing themselves as powerful, they also see the...

Entrepreneurial leaders want more control...

Don't you?  What if you could have more control of your day, your time, your team's performance, and the results the business creates.

Let's get one thing clear first...

The desire for more control doesn't make you controlling.  It's understandable that the last thing you want is to micromanage your team and be involved in every detail.

What would be different if you were to have the type of control that you want? 

In this video, I'll show you how you can get more control TODAY!  When you set this one simple practice in motion you'll be able to show up with an easy confidence found in the greatest of leaders.

In this video, we'll explore a simple way for you to gain more control of your day without being controlling.  This simple but powerful practice will leave you feeling energized, focused, and confident to tackle whatever comes your way.

You'll feel like you're in control...

I remember when I thought that solving problems was the key to success.

You might also love to solve-problems.  You love fixing things and enjoy the satisfaction of knowing you were able to help find the solution.

When it comes to leadership (and human beings), problem-solving might do more harm than good.  

You see yourself as having "bad habits" or things about you that "needs improving".  You feel like there are things that you want to "fix".  

The same goes for those you lead (I know it has for me). 

You look out into your team and you see people not living up to your expectation.  You might often be thinking, "how do I get them to take more ownership, or how do I get them to work with more urgency"?

That's just it, you are approaching yourself and your team as a problem to be solved.  

Your "problems" sometimes can't be solved, but you can find the opportunity to create more of what you want in every...

You're going to discover a new and powerful perspective when you choose the impossible...

It's understandable that we delay making changes because of not knowing if they are even the "right" changes.

What if we're wrong?  What if we can't do it?

If you have any discontentment in your life or feel you're starting to go through the motions, then it's a good sign that this video is for you!

You're about to discover a new powerful belief that you can hold that will take you into a new and exciting chapter in your life's story...

In this video, we deal with topic that everyone wrestles with...the desire for proof that we are doing what we're supposed to be doing.

You'll learn...

• That none of us know our limits and we choose to let that keep us stuck
• A foundational belief that will allow you to move boldly into the next chapter of your life

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Why are you so busy?  

No really...what is it that has you feeling so busy?

I've got a bold claim to share with you as to why I think you're so busy...and it's not because you're not "managing your time" well.  It's much deeper than that.

As you become more aware of what's really causing you to feel busy, you can choose to change what's no longer serving you so that you can get more done, with less stress, and have more energy to do more of what you love to do!

In this video, we'll explore why busyness is so pervasive in our culture today.

As you increase your awareness on this topic you'll prove to yourself that you're not as busy as you think you are...and a lot can change really fast!

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The Real Reason You're So Busy (It's Not What You Think)

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