The Daily Battle

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”

~Albert Einstein~


I’d have you consider the goals we set for ourselves force us to grow and become better and it’s one of the core ways we experience true happiness.

On the other side, I’d have you reflect on the times you didn’t set goals or try to become better... did you feel joy and happiness?

I mean did you walk, embody, and radiant happiness?

Ya... you might of “good” aka a absence of pain and heightened happinesses.

I’ve experienced putting and tying my happiness in other people or thing...

It doesn’t last and it can be an empty place....

Tying it to goals is tying it to yourself...

You are your leader...and you decide what to participate in or not...

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”

~Arthur Ashe ~


We tend to see where we are and where we want to go and we see the gap between who and where we are an say I can’t do that...


That is not me....

So we don’t take any action...

We avoid that we want to go over there...


We avoid the work necessary to take us on that journey....

The reality is we are where we are... we have what we have... and we can do what we can do...and all of that is enough...


We have everything we need to start down that journey...

We just need to take the first step....

And the next step... and the next... so on and so on....

Every step we take gives us what we need to take the next step....


What step can you take today to move along on your journey?

I was having a conversation with a toaster master group member yesterday who had mentioned always wanting to start and own a business. He said he just didn’t know exactly what he would do…

I asked him what he was passionate about?

He said food…

Jump on in and listen to how the rest of the conversation went…

Today, I was walking by the lake and there was a daddy duck, mama duck and the group of ducklings…As I walked by the Daddy duck challenged me and began to charge…The revelation I received was Courage with Purpose can take down the Biggest Lion…

Sit back as I dig into today’s topic….

I was just having a conversation with a coaching client and we got on the conversation about his tribe and the little things he could do to cultivate that tribal feel and create raving fans inside his business…

Sit back as I take a dive into my insights and experiences…

The Clarity of Your Vision determines The Clarity of Your Focus.

Here is what I mean by this...

If you find yourself indecisive 🤷‍♂️....unsure...
Most likely you are not clear on where you are going. Aka your vision

If we take an everyday example as going out with a group of friends and there is no set plan... we’ve all experienced the situation of everyone asking “where do you want to go?”


Sit back as I dig into how this applies to your life and creating the business you want ....

Today, I had the opportunity to have coffee with a Master Go Giver… A man who has built his business and career around connecting other people…

It was a refreshing experience to interact with someone who selfishly and selflessly is interested in connecting and helping other people….

Sit back as I dive into my experience today and in the past… how you can apply this in your business today…

I went dark for a bit and I have to admit, I was thrown off my cadence by a conversation I had with a local business coach. We met through the chamber via a chamber member recommending I connect. We had a conversation and he made some recommendations around some of the things I was doing. One of which was this daily battle podcast and to tone it down, etc.

See, I truly appreciate his time and I know his intentions are in the right place, and a few of his suggestions I will implement but I have to own my voice…

So, Join me today as I explain why? ....

Recently there has been some turmoil happening in my extended family and there have been a few times I have felt compelled to take a stand for what is right, to be the calming force, to roar when it needed it, to stand at the head of the table. At the end of the day its my responsibility to lead my family away from the fire and not let things burn. I would be out of integrity of who “I am” to stand by and allow it to happen.

The distinction that I am grateful to be given in the recent past is I am leader not a savior.

How does this relate to running a business?

When you run a small business your team is like a small family, your micro movement you are leading, those people are believing in you and following you.

And you’ll have instances where the interpersonal interactions, ie conflict, the good times, the bonds will feel like family but its your job as the leader to maintain the culture or even fix the culture.

Today's episode, I am just going to go off the top of my head on what this means....to me...
If you are offended by foul language...I would suggest skipping this one...