Optimism Takes Discipline

Optimism Takes Discipline

I don’t know about you but the news of the world lately has been getting me down. And it’s so easy to fall into the “what’s the point?” narrative. Yet I want to believe that things can get better. And then I heard a story from a wonderful...
Hopping Onto My Soapbox

Hopping Onto My Soapbox

While it’s getting better in the corporate world, there’s still something that companies are doing, and it makes no sense: Promoting people and not giving them support to succeed in that role. Nobody would ask a surgeon to do a new kind of surgery without...
The Key To Asking For Feedback

The Key To Asking For Feedback

Being your own boss means that if you want to know how you are doing, you have to ask others. And aside from my collaboration partners, the main people who can give me useful feedback are my clients. But what questions should you ask to get good feedback? Here are a...
How’s Your Sleep?

How’s Your Sleep?

My sleep is terrible at the moment. Now I’ve had interrupted sleep since having kids but ever since I had covid last year I’ve actually had sleep problems. I can usually fall asleep but from about 2 or 3 in the morning I’m awake and having thoughts....