Pablo Picasso once said “I’d like to live as a poor man with lots of money.” At first that statement might make us laugh, due to the irony in it, but it gets at the heart of two important issues […]
A Poor Man With Lots of Money
Are You the Sum of the Five Bank Accounts You Surround Yourself With?
Why Your Friendships Could Be Costing You Your Financial Freedom There is a common belief that friends and money don’t mix. Money has a way of complicating the dynamic of relationships, and the imbalance of power can strain even the […]
Is Your Business Making You Boring?
How are you? When is the last time you responded with anything other than “busy?” For all the conveniences our modern world has given us, it has also raised our expectations, forcing entrepreneurs to perform like corporations to remain competitive. […]
The Power of Slowing Down: Creating and Maintaining Vitality in Your Work and Life
We solopreneurs and entrepreneurs can easily get caught in the hamster wheel of always doing, always being “on.” We have a perpetual and long list of To Dos that constantly transforms and mutates into even more long To Do […]
Human.School: Bringing Humanity to the Workplace
Kristen Gallagher is an organizational strategies and learning designer. She is the founder and CEO of Edify, a learning strategy consultancy that solves people operations problems for growing companies. Kristen has architected and delivered onboarding programs for companies bringing on everything […]
Your Team Begins With You (But It Isn’t About You)
I once had a boss scold me for failing to greet my coworkers when I arrived at work. I had managed a restaurant before (it’s astounding how easy it is to earn a set of keys in the hospitality industry), […]
YOLO SOLO: Thriving as a Solopreneur
As the gig economy starts to reach its stride, an increasing number of professionals are choosing to start a business with no intention of scaling up and adding staff. Known as “solopreneurs,” they share some etymological similarities with entrepreneurs, but […]
Celebrate Your Success Together
Sometimes being on a team can feel like a hindrance. Perhaps you feel a team member is holding the team back or that one team member is bringing the whole group down, but when you work with a team that […]
February 2018: Establishing Teams
“I need a place and I need a team.” This is what I would say during my last few years as a full time consultant, with escalating urgency and to anyone who would listen. It was clear at the beginning […]
Risk Big. Fail Often. Stay Humble. Choose Happiness.
To say 2017 was a game changer—nationally, globally, and individually—would be a grotesque understatement. The daily what-the-fuckery of the Trump administration, the tax “reform” bill, DACA, CHIP, FBI investigations, the ACA, the UN, and a host of other acronyms were […]