Getting fired by a client sucks. 🚒 But it's good for us! 🧐 Yes, losing a client bruises our ego. Causes fear. 😱 Panic. Confusion. And anger. 😠 We've all experienced it. Sometimes the departure is no fault of our own. Other times it's on us. Although this hurts...

"Why can't we get a dog?" My daughter, Bianca, begged and pleaded. "Dogs are a big responsibility," I said. But she claimed she would care for it. However, I knew I would be in the end. After years of no's, she made a new proposition. Rather than own a dog, she asked,...

When I was in 8th grade, my parents took us to Disney World. One of the days, it rained heavily. 🌧️ We had to stay at the hotel. Bored, we browsed the hotel gift shop. There I came across a beginner's magic kit. 🎩 For the rest of the trip, I practiced every chance I...

These Monday Motivation posts are for me. Not you. 🙅‍♂️ It didn't start that way, though. Initially, I wrote them to build awareness for my new company. It was a way to market myself without "selling." 🤑 But after the first few months, I realized this was something...

We've all had them. 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 Nightmare clients, vendors, and employees. It's easy to pass the blame. But could the challenges have been avoided? Were there red flags like... Unreasonable expectations expressed by the client throughout the pitch? Poor...

We were on pins and needles. It was my daughter Bianca's 5th-grade championship volleyball game. It was a see-saw battle of evenly matched teams. But in the end, her team squeezed out the victory! The girls were ecstatic—several cried tears of joy. But when we got...

I hear it all the time. 👂 Just get us in the room—we're great at closing. Usually, these agencies have grown through word-of-mouth and referrals. But, their lead flow becomes unpredictable or dries up. So we help. 🆘 We get them in the room. But far too often, these...

The business was humming along. Clients were happy. The new business pipeline was full. Things were in a good place. With a cousin's wedding coming up, I was looking forward to taking time off. Mom and Dad were flying in for it and staying with me. The plan was to...

I'm a planner. I strive for optimization. I constantly think about how to make a situation better or more effective. While this can be positive, it has negative consequences too. When something unforeseen impeded my plans for most of my life, I got frustrated, angry,...