Month: April 2024

Make the invisible visible. I was talking to a client recently who was feeling unappreciated by their manager because they were pushing forward on several different projects, and the manager didn’t seem to acknowledge that. I pointed out that the behind-the-scenes work they were doing was likely invisible to the manager, and suggested they provide…

“Help me understand” and “What am I missing?” are magical phrases for creating a dialogue. Too often, people see a situation, come up with a plan based on their experience, and start advocating for their plan. But when others advocate for a different plan, it becomes a zero-sum negotiation, where only one of us can…

What an honor to be included in this list from Badassery of 6 podcasts that will upgrade your life, with appearances by Shar Banerjee, Christopher Chin, Julia Lechner, Kim, and Anna Special thanks to Angie M. Callen, CPRW, CPCC for inviting me on her No More Mondays podcast to share my story.

I love these practical tips from Mark Dusseau on how to have social impact by building a mission driven business. I particularly liked his emphasis on paying attention to the market – profit matters because a business isn’t sustainable unless customers are buying, so tap into your community to follow what they need.

Art will be the future of humanity in a post-AI world. I have had a couple conversations about AI this week where my perspective was surprising to others, so I wanted to more broadly share my thoughts to seed more possibilities about the future impact of AI. Generative AI as it currently exists does very…

Thanks, Alex Montas Hernández! I definitely appreciated the candid conversation, as I want to get to the heart of the matter and talk about how to translate ideas into real behaviors and practical outcomes. Take a listen to this episode of From Zero to Solopreneur to get some of what I learned in my own…

Thanks to Alain Dumonceaux for the great conversation on his podcast the Revolutionary Man. Because he is primarily a men’s coach, we dove into a more personal set of topics than my typical executive coaching conversations. Take a listen!

Thank you, Gabriel Alvarez and Alex Montas Hernández, for a great conversation applying the ideas of my book to the journey of solopreneurship! I shared a bit of my journey and we talk about some of the challenges I faced. Take a listen!

I am starting a new experiment to push into my discomfort. I am very comfortable with writing as somebody that grew up in the text era of the Internet. But I can’t deny how other people appreciate hearing and seeing content in video form, not just reading it. I’ve been saying I’ll do something in…

Where do you want to invest your energy? Many productivity gurus talk about time management, putting your time where you intend it to go. And that’s valuable. But time is limited and zero-sum; an hour spent in one area is an hour not spent in another area. I find it helpful to think about energy…