taking time to reflect, mermaid research, and when the detour is the path

Picture this: You finally have the breakthrough—that lightning bolt moment where everything clicks. Why you've been struggling.Why you've been yearning for something different.And what needs to change for you to feel aligned again. It all makes perfect sense now. There's a buzz of excitement and clarity. This is it. This is the missing piece. You can practically taste how good it's going to...

You sit down at your desk with a freshly made coffee and stare at 847 unread emails, a back-to-back calendar, 150+ unread notifications in Slack, and feel a shiver up your spine at the thought of opening your project management system to see the notification number there too. This is the general M.O. of "welcome back" routines after time off. So intensely focused on the exit of time off, that w...

I stepped away for longer—and more extensively—than intended when I had a health scare after the holiday (more on this at the end of today's email). What I discovered during those weeks didn't feel great: a major chunk of my business systems are actually me-systems, not yet real systems. And I'm willing to bet you might have a few of these too. Here's what I mean: Subscribe to keep ...