The Paradox of Boundaries
Marcus Aurelius on structure and freedom Ever feel like your business is running you instead of the other way around? Your days are packed with client requests, last-minute changes, and endless emails. You’re “flexible.” You’re also exhausted. The irony: the business owners who seem to have the most freedom — the ones who set their […]
Radical Acceptance
Marcus Aurelius on what to do with reality It was a Friday morning at the Starbucks where we held conversations that needed to happen away from the office. My Director of Nursing — the best manager and leader I had ever hired — sat down with her coffee and told me she was leaving to […]
The Cluttered Mind Trap
Marcus Aurelius on clarity of mind Twenty years ago, I woke up every morning already behind. Before my first Diet Coke of the day, my mind was racing. Emails that needed replies. Fires that needed putting out. A never-ending list of urgent tasks I hadn’t touched the day before. It felt like running a race […]
Time Is Running Out
Marcus Aurelius on the cost of waiting 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 a new service. Raising rates. Building out a marketing plan. Did you do it? […]
Your Attention Is Being Stolen
Marcus Aurelius on what to do about it 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 kept dinging with messages. I was exhausted and couldn’t point to anything […]
Acting with Intention
Marcus Aurelius on how to use the time you have Most owners I talk to assume they’ll always have more time. Time to scale (eventually). Time to launch the next thing (maybe next year). Time to figure it all out (once things slow down). They don’t. The owners who grow and the owners who stay […]
Read This: Tiny Habits by B.J. Fogg
I read a lot of books about habits. Over the last fifteen years, I’ve read pretty much every popular one. They’re all helpful in different ways. The best of them is Tiny Habits by B.J. Fogg. If you’re a solopreneur or small business owner who wants to improve your daily routines without trying to overhaul […]