Hi Reader, Have you ever felt behind, but then when you check the facts, it's not as bad as you feared? I think sometimes my mind likes to be a bit dramatic. I've been feeling super horrible and guilty about not emailing you since winter. But then I checked my broadcasts: once in January, three times in March (hello if you joined from Adrienne's Go To Summit!), once in April, twice in May. Not the weekly email I'm aiming for, but far from going completely dark. The end of the school year has...

Hi Reader, Something I've been considering lately....If you had to disappear for a week, what would happen to your business? Would everything fall apart? Would your team know what to do? If so, that's not a staffing problem. That's a systems problem. (And most business owners I talk to give some version of that same answer -- even the ones who have been at this for years.) Here's what's actually going on in many businesses, and maybe yours: all the knowledge lives in your head. Where things...

Hi Reader, Can you believe it's already April? I'm so happy spring is here. I started thinking about my Q2 around the Spring Equinox, and now it's already upon us. But here's the thing: four days into a new quarter is not too late to plan it. It's never too late to plan this week, this month, or this quarter, no matter how far in you are. Vision without action is just dreaming. Action without vision is just busy work. You need both. So let's do this together. Step 1: Celebrate your Q1 wins...