Your First Opportunity to Think Like a Business Creator. You’re considering leaving your stable, predictable corporate job to pursue something more meaningful. Exciting, right? But then—gulp—you remember: I have to pay for ALL of my health insurance. Suddenly, that daydream feels a little less dreamy. I get it. That moment of sticker shock can feel […]
Category Archives: Mindset
You and I have both been there—flirting with a Plan B, just in case. In fact, I talked about this before. You can read up here on why I think they’re a bad idea. I get it though. The “What if I fail?” voice is loud. The stability of a paycheck, the predictable 9-to-5 (or 8-to-infinity), the […]
Your mind is trying to keep you safe…by holding you back. I call it the Worst-Case Cascade. It happens whenever you’re about to: Here’s the science: Your brain is wired with a negativity bias—a survival instinct. Back in the day, assuming a tiger, a snake, or a bear was hiding in the bushes meant staying alive just a little longer. […]