The Brutality of Sales Cycles

The Brutality of Sales Cycles

This past weekend I was at my brother’s house in Milwaukee where the temperatures were unseasonably cold.  I kept grabbing a Cubs sweatshirt from his closet.  One of those perfectly broken-in sweatshirts that you would love to accidently wear home.  I pulled all the...
Are You Putting Life into Your Years?

Are You Putting Life into Your Years?

Today, I got sucked into the rabbit hole of TV Hell.  You know what I’m talking about, you tell yourself that you’re just doing a quick channel flip before starting another load of laundry and then BOOM, it’s a half hour later.  This episode of mind-numbing garbage...
Rules for Challenging Clients

Rules for Challenging Clients

The fastest path to overwhelm in your business can be a challenging client.  Sometimes you know from the first meeting that someone will be a problem child.  Other times, you discover it at 3 am when you are scrambling to meet an ever-changing deadline.  We are raised...
Spring into The Present Moments

Spring into The Present Moments

This past first week of May has took off like a rocket, especially those of us here in the Midwest who’ve had a long wait for spring and our beaches to thaw.  I find myself overwhelmed and realizing that I need to slow my pace down and do my best to stay in the...
Does That Friendship Need a CTRL-ALT-DEL?

Does That Friendship Need a CTRL-ALT-DEL?

Spring Cleaning energy is a buzz and not just for filling boxes of stuff for Goodwill.  Friendship has been a big topic with clients for the past few weeks.  Discussions around ending relationships and the agony around the seriousness of going to that length. If you...