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How To Stop Worrying (When Your Work Won’t)

Words I like: “Worry is interest paid on trouble before it’s due.’” Worry doesn’t clock out at 5pm. A bad client email follows you to dinner. One loss erases three other wins today. After receiving a negative email, a paralyzing fear sinks in, and you can’t shake it. I really struggled with worry, stress, and anxiety in May 2024 when my wife “retired” to stay home with our Chief Cuteness Officer, and I became the sole provider for our family. Within 1 week of that decision, I lost 33% of my expected summer income. I was super stressed and couldn’t

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Think Day: The One CEO Ritual That Changed Everything for Me

Have you ever wished to take a Think Day? It sounds indulgent, but my best decisions, biggest pivots, and clearest breakthroughs never happened in a meeting or while scrolling through a message. They happened on the days I made space to zoom out. (Bill Gates famously does this as his "Think Weeks.") If you're a CEO or exec in constant go-mode, you need this regularly. What Is a Think Day? It's a blocked-off day (or half-day) with one goal: to think deeply about your business and your role in it. It's not a vacation, not catch-up, and not a mental-health

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Smart CEOs Make Vacation a Priority to Recover, Recharge, and Refocus

Carrying the Weight of Leadership Being a CEO means you’ve got the weight of your company (and employees and investors and customers) on your shoulders. And while you’re leading from the front, it can feel like you can’t afford a break. But here’s the kicker: not taking time off might actually be holding you and your company back. Rest: The Overlooked CEO Strategy Vacation isn’t just about escaping the grind. It’s an essential part of maintaining your peak performance. Let’s face it, leading a company is mentally and emotionally demanding. Burnout is far too common with entrepreneurs, especially when they

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