Notes from the Messy Middle / Mindset & Resilience

Mindset & Resilience

The inner game of ownership: staying steady, clear, and resourceful when the business asks more of you than you expected.

Mindset & Resilience, Strategy & Planning

“What in the Sam Hill are the Minuses & Equals Doing in Your Business?”

That was the line delivered by a petite woman with big Texas hair and a matching southern drawl that brought

Stress! There isn’t an entrepreneur alive that hasn’t experienced it — along with its ill effects. Some stress is good.

Mindset & Resilience

Fear of failure is familiar territory for many small business owners. Perhaps that’s why many willingly stay there. It’s well-known

Mindset & Resilience, Strategy & Planning

Small business owners are famous for juggling. Even though we juggle everything from bookkeeping to bill collections to business development,

Mindset & Resilience, Strategy & Planning

The way you’re working is no longer working. In fact, it hasn’t worked for some time now. Yet, the need

Mindset & Resilience

“I can’t doesn’t exist.” That’s what I learned from Mamie McCullough. As a former public school teacher and principle, Mamie

Mindset & Resilience

You start each week with the best of intention. You promise your family — and yourself — to leave the

Mindset & Resilience

“Clean your plate! There are starving children in Biafra!” my mother barked as my sister and I stared at our