The bigger the machine, the slower it moves. And so it is when a business gets ready for a little, or a lot, of growth. I arrived in that place recently. That feeling that business tasks feel like the spinning wheel of doom, or an overfull wheelbarrow with a flat-ish tire (for my gardeners in the group). In my case this wasn't anything really big, or super dramatic (I prefer to stay ahead of that ;) I needed to reallocate time, simplify client processes, and make way for a new set of...

I realized something pretty profound this past weekend that I'm going to share with you today... I've been in a little, or not so little conundrum around pieces of my business. And the core: I really don't like about 50% of the stuff I think I need to do. I'm actually not inspired by my current business model at all. For me, each business, side gig and even employment aspirations have always been born of a passion. A passion for hospitality, for projects, for gardens, for the...