Stop Complaining, Start Leading
Stop Complaining, Start Leading (How Small Business Owners Sabotage Themselves Without Realizing It) What Marcus Aurelius Knew About Success That Most Entrepreneurs Ignore Most people think venting helps relieve stress. But what if it does the opposite? What if every complaint is actually hacking away at your energy, focus, and ability to solve problems? Marcus […]
Turning Failure into Fire: The Art of Using Setbacks as Business Fuel
Turning Failure Into Fire (The Art of Using Setbacks as Business Fuel) What Marcus Aurelius Knew About Success That Most Entrepreneurs Ignore What If Your Biggest Setback Is Actually Your Breakthrough? Every entrepreneur has a moment that feels like the end. The launch that flopped. The client that disappeared. The investment that didn’t pay off. […]
What Your Business Says About You
What Your Business Says About You (And Why It Matters More Than You Think) What Marcus Aurelius Knew About Success That Most Entrepreneurs Ignore In the early years of running my home health agency, I poured everything into it. Long days, late nights, weekends spent handling paperwork and managing the endless moving parts of the […]
The Power of No
The Power of No (Why Growth Sometimes Means Letting Go) What Marcus Aurelius Knew About Success That Most Entrepreneurs Ignore Sometimes the hardest business lessons come from saying “yes” when you should have said “no.” I learned this through experience when we expanded our home health agency by opening a branch in a new geographic […]
Is Your Business Really Living, or Just Existing?
Is Your Business Really Living? (Or Just Existing?) What Marcus Aurelius Knew About Success That Most Entrepreneurs Ignore “Just teach her daughter an exercise program and get out of there.” Those words changed so much for me. I was working at a so-called nonprofit home health agency, caring for a patient who had suffered a […]
The One Thing That’s Always in Your Control
The One Thing That’s Always in Your Control What Marcus Aurelius Knew About Success That Most Entrepreneurs Ignore Two business owners face the same problem: their biggest client suddenly leaves. One panics. They scramble to replace the lost revenue, making rushed decisions that weaken their business even more. They cut prices, chase any client they […]
When the Unexpected Happens: How to Handle Big Challenges in Your Small Business
When the Unexpected Happens Lessons from The Art of War I’ve been rereading The Art of War by Sun Tzu this year, and this morning, this passage jumped out at me: “When the thunderclap comes, there is no time to cover the ears.” At first, I thought, “That’s a great metaphor for a surprise attack.” […]
