The Paradox of Boundaries: Why More Structure Creates Greater Adaptability in Your Small Business
The Paradox of Boundaries (Why More Structure Creates Greater Adaptability in Your Small Business) What Marcus Aurelius Knew About Success That Most Entrepreneurs Ignore You’re Not Being Flexible—You’re Being Pulled in a Thousand Directions Ever feel like your business is running you instead of the other way around? Your days are packed with client requests, […]
Stop Sounding Like a Robot: How to Get People to Actually Listen
Stop Sounding Like a Robot (How to Get People to Actually Listen) What Marcus Aurelius Knew About Success That Most Entrepreneurs Ignore My Content Was “Good”—But There Was No Soul When I first started producing content (blogs, videos, etc.), I was wildly shy and didn’t want to show up as myself. I had this nagging […]
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. […]
Not Every Opinion Matters: How to Filter Feedback and Stay on Course
Not Every Opinion Matters (How to Filter Feedback and Stay on Course) What Marcus Aurelius Knew About Success That Most Entrepreneurs Ignore You’re about to launch something big. You’re excited, confident—until the opinions start rolling in. “Are you sure people will pay for that?”“I wouldn’t do it that way.”“Maybe you should rethink it…” And just […]
Stop Drifting, Start Sprinting: The Finish Line Effect
Stop Drifting, Start Sprinting (The Finish Line Effect) What Marcus Aurelius Knew About Success That Most Entrepreneurs Ignore How Many Projects Have You Left Hanging? Every business owner has a project they’ve been putting off. You tell yourself you’ll get to it when you have time—but weeks, months, even years pass, and it’s still sitting […]
Stop Waiting to Feel Ready: How Overcoming Imposter Syndrome Can Transform Your Business
Stop Waiting to Become Ready (How Overcoming Imposter Syndrome Can Transform Your Business) What Marcus Aurelius Knew About Success That Most Entrepreneurs Ignore Is It Your Skills Holding You Back—Or Your Fear of Judgment? “Not worrying too often, or with any selfish motive, about what other people say, do, or think. Or is it your […]
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 […]
Stop Overthinking, Start Testing
Stop Overthinking, Start Testing (Why Your Best Business Decisions Start as Experiments) What Marcus Aurelius Knew About Success That Most Entrepreneurs Ignore Marcus Aurelius wrote, “So make your choice straightforwardly, once and for all, and stick to it. Choose what’s best. Best is what benefits me.” You’ve been sitting on that idea for months. You’ve […]
Time Is Running Out
Time Is Running Out (Are You Building What Matters?) What Marcus Aurelius Knew About Success That Most Entrepreneurs Ignore Marcus Aurelius wrote, “You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.” Think back a year. What did you tell yourself you’d get around to “soon”? Launching that new […]
Building the Strength to Stand
Strength to Stand (When Business Tests Your Resilience) What Marcus Aurelius Knew About Success That Most Entrepreneurs Ignore I heard the news during our Monday morning staff meeting at 8:30 AM. One of our biggest referral sources—gone, just like that. No warning, no negotiation. Just a polite, corporate explanation about “new priorities” and “value-based care.” […]
Your Attention Is Being Stolen
Your Attention is Being Stolen (Here’s How to Take It Back) What Marcus Aurelius Knew About Success That Most Entrepreneurs Ignore It was 8 PM, and I was still at the office. I’d been ‘busy’ all day—jumping between patient visits, staff issues, Medicare documentation, and endless emails. My phone kept buzzing with notifications. My computer […]
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 […]
