Most of us don’t fail because we’re not trying hard enough.We fail because we’re trying in too many directions at once. We jump on the latest tool, the new platform, the viral format, hoping it’ll be the thing that finally sticks.We call it growth. But a lot of the time, it’s just motion. And here’s the quiet truth:Growth without coherence isn’t progress. It’s acceleration toward chaos. You can’t scale what isn’t clear.You can’t automate a mess.And you can’t build something meaningful if...

Newsletter Email: Value Translation Framework You know that moment when someone asks what you do and you hear yourself say "I'm a consultant" or "I'm a photographer" – and something inside you dies a little? The words feel like sawdust in your mouth. You watch their eyes glaze over with that polite-but-distant smile that screams 'next conversation, please'. Meanwhile, you're screaming internally: But I just spent three years helping a struggling tech startup completely restructure their...

I’d been wrestling with a decision for days. You know the kind, where you think you’ve made it, then second-guess it half an hour later. I’d turned it over in my head in every direction. It was still unclear. Then I took Midge for a walk. No earbuds. No agenda. Just sky, the breeze, and soft rhythm of paws on grass. And somewhere around the field, the answer came to me. Simple. Clear. Settled. Not because I tried harder. But because I stopped trying at all. That walk reminded me (again) that...