Giving a business priority time on your calendar is a useful beginning. Preparing what you’ll need helps you use that time. Discover how planned leftovers offer a practical lesson in making important work easier to begin — and how one small adjustment can support your next step.
An invitation may fit on your calendar without showing everything your yes requires. Learn how to look beyond the appointment time, decide whether a commitment belongs in your week, and make practical adjustments that protect your priorities.
What if you didn’t have to keep giving yourself permission to rest, take time off, set boundaries, or invest in yourself? Put simple HR policies in place and make the leadership decision once.
Your time, attention, energy, and creativity are some of YOU, Inc.’s most valuable — and finite — resources. Good stewardship means more than protecting them. It means deciding what deserves them. Here’s how to separate good from right, prune what no longer belongs, and intentionally invest your best resources in the business and life you’re building now.
What if your company’s most valuable employee had to decide whether she wanted to keep working for you? For a solo entrepreneur, the CEO and employee are the same person — which means protecting, developing, and retaining that employee is a leadership responsibility. Meet the HR Department of YOU, Inc.
Sometimes the direction of your business changes not because you found a better answer, but because you paused long enough to ask a better question. Discover how thoughtful leadership questions can help you notice new possibilities, make intentional decisions, and choose where your business goes next.
It’s easy to spend an entire day pulling weeds instead of tending the tomatoes. Discover why protecting your attention — not just your time — is one of the most valuable leadership habits a work-from-home entrepreneur can develop.
Most work-from-home entrepreneurs faithfully keep appointments with clients while repeatedly cancelling the most important meeting on their calendar — the one with themselves. Discover how a simple weekly CEO Meeting can help you lead your business with greater clarity, confidence, and intention.
What happens when you take a real break from your business? After a week away, I discovered something surprising: my laptop never left my tote bag…and my business was still there when I got back. Here’s what that experience taught me about boundaries, trust, and building a business that fits your life.
Do you mentally grade your workdays like report cards? Many entrepreneurs unconsciously judge success by whether they got everything done. Discover a more sustainable approach to productivity and why a good enough workday may be exactly what you need.