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Hello December! How are you? It’s been awhile since I’ve seen you but I appreciate the fact that you keep showing up. It may take you awhile but you always come around. There is something about your presence that catches me off guard. Although I can expect you to arrive, I am surprised when you […]

Anyone sitting in the backseat has their perch secured, they are free to offer commentary on anything that crosses their mind. The backseat is a safe spot; you are close enough to be heard but lack any responsibility for action. Sometimes as adults we can lose that desire to drive…

I tend to prefer a work smarter, not harder kind of approach. Working smarter is about building efficiency into your work habits and goals, and prioritizing creative problem solving over brut force. This approach is not unique, but it can get overshadowed by a pervasive Hustle and Grit, Do More mentality. Pushing yourself to just do more can be inspiring, but it can also be bad advice.

The Pivot is having a renaissance. It is an action that is, for many business owners and entrepreneurs, defining this moment in time as surmountable or not. Disruption is not new. Innovation has been making businesses obsolete for generations. But here are two reasons that make this moment one of a kind, two reasons we shouldn’t gloss over in an effort to rebound:

As an elementary school student back in Bloomington, IN, we had a crossing guard named Melba. A dutiful child, I had crossing the street pretty well mastered. I remember one day, Melba laid into a kid who tore across the street in front of her, she grabbed him and yelled “Don’t you know anything? You […]

The Dodo Bird evolved in isolation on a tropical island in the Indian Ocean named Mauritius.  A big bird, unable to fly, with plenty of access to food, in an environment free from natural predators, the Dodo had it made! Little was required of our Dodo friend in their sheltered paradise. Then, along came humans, bringing […]