The Pay Cut That Grew a Company
Your favorite tasks is likely your biggest bottleneck. Especially if you are an owner/operator type. Ali Khataw learned that from
We Were Growing Fast. Then Our Partner Locked Us Out.
We were growing faster than we could handle. Demand for our products was strong, so we raised money from friends
AI Agents Can Do the Work. Someone Still Has to Vouch for It.
The day before we recorded, an agent at Jorgenson Real Estate got a text from buyers who were about to
Leaders Build Playgrounds, Not Pedestals
Servant leadership starts with one question. Round Rock’s Kristin Stevens shows why leaders who build playgrounds, not pedestals, grow the next leaders.
What If You Were Doing Everything Right. And Your Body Quit On You Anyway.
My blood sugar hit 376. Not my step count. Not my revenue. My blood sugar. I was walking 9,200+ steps
The Power of Being of Service: What David Valdez’s Career Actually Teaches About Building a Personal Brand
David Valdez stood close enough to touch the President of the United States for four years, camera in hand, and
You Can’t Read the Label From Inside the Bottle
My mentor taught me a line thirty years ago. My guest this week already had his own version of it,
The Paperwork Mistake I See in Almost Every Home Care Family
By the time a family calls A Place At Home – North Austin, the paperwork problem already happened. They just
Controlling the Controllables: What a Utility Infielder Taught Me About Running a Business
Randy Johnson threw a perfect game on May 18, 2004, and Matt Kata spent the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth
Just Show Up. The Plan Will Find You.
Your heart knows something your head does not. And until you act on it, you will never find out what.
When the Culture Says One Thing and the Business Does Another
Lindsay Shappee was sitting in a sales meeting when the presenter got to the part about “family first.” The company’s
The Hire AI Cannot Make
A few weeks ago, I shared a post about job descriptions as the first chapter of your company’s story, triggered
Your Core Story Is the Only Thing AI Can’t Replace
Ennis Wright grew up off Chandler Creek in Round Rock, went to Stony Point High School, played football, graduated from
Your Job Description Is the Same as Everyone Else’s. That’s Why Nobody’s Reading It.
I spend a lot of time reading job descriptions I’m not supposed to be reading. I read them the way
Stop Collecting Dead Birds (And Build the Relationships AI Can Never Replace)
A mentor once told Kim Pollok to stop collecting dead birds. Kim had no idea what that meant. Then it