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02/05/2026

"Lit" isn't a feeling. It's a signal.

It means you're moving toward a future you love, and you're in action you actually believe will get you there.

The alternative? Working hard at things you don't want to do, telling yourself you'll feel okay eventually. Your body won't cooperate with that plan. It will rebel.
What makes you lit?

Drop it in the comments, I am genuinely curious.

12/11/2025

Most great conversations start before anyone else shows up.

Before the coffee, before the handshake, before the Zoom...pause.

The best entrepreneurs don’t just prepare what to say, they prepare who to be. Because businesses don’t rise or fall on spreadsheets. They rise or fall on conversations.

Every key interaction, sales calls, team meetings, client updates, produces something: trust or tension, clarity or confusion, momentum or drift.

Before your next important conversation, try this simple reflection:
• What is this conversation really for?
• What mood do I need to create for it to succeed?

That small pause changes everything. It’s the difference between winging it and leading it.

30/09/2025

Are you an ambitious solopreneur that has investigated EOS and wonder if you should implement? The short answer is no. It was not designed for solopreneurs. The System is overkill and addresses concerns that you don't have. BUT, if you cherry pick the tools for the situation you are in it can be incredibly powerful.

I have an online course entitled "EOS for Solopreneurs". Its a short course that will give you guidance on which tools have the most impact for you where you are. And if you grow...then you will have the platform in place and add tools as you go so you don't reach the point where everything breaks that prompts people to implement EOS.

DM me and I will sign up the first 10 people for the $100 class for free.

Send a message to learn more

17/09/2025

Many people assume passion is something you either have or you don’t.

But in our work, we see something different: passion is the natural outcome of clarity.

When leaders can clearly articulate their personal ambition, the story of the future they’re committed to creating, passion follows. It’s not about chasing motivational highs; it’s about aligning your actions with a vision that matters.

Without that clarity, moods drift, energy scatters, and business feels hollow. With it, leaders bring consistency, focus, and resilience, not just for themselves, but for their teams, families, and communities.

👉 How do you define what a “good life” looks like for you? And how does that shape the way you show up in business?

15/09/2025

High performers often treat rest as optional.
But the truth is: without recovery, performance isn’t sustainable.

Healthful sleep, intentional downtime, and genuine self-care practices aren’t indulgences, they’re strategic assets.
They stabilize energy, sharpen judgment, and allow leaders to respond instead of react.

When leaders ignore rest, it doesn’t just cost them personally. It ripples outward, teams become tense, families feel the strain, and decisions suffer.

👉 What’s one practice you use to genuinely recharge and come back grounded?

13/09/2025

In leadership, certainty can feel like strength. But too much certainty creates a ceiling.

When we’re closed off to new interpretations, we limit ourselves to the “maps” we already hold. That means our possibilities are capped at today’s understanding.

True openness is not weakness, it’s strategic. It’s the willingness to let others pierce our certainty and expand our world. That’s how we grow as leaders, teams, and businesses.

👉 Where do you see the biggest challenge in staying open, new ideas, new people, or new perspectives?

13/09/2025

Mood isn't just “good or bad”, it’s effective or ineffective

We often think of moods as simply good or bad. But a more useful distinction is whether your mood is effective or ineffective for what you’re trying to do.

An ineffective mood might look like frustration, resignation, or distraction, each of which quietly limits what you see as possible.
An effective mood might look like curiosity, resolve, or ambition, each of which opens doors and expands options.

The truth is: moods aren’t just private experiences. They shape our actions, our relationships, and our impact. When we’re in an ineffective mood, it doesn’t just cost us productivity, it costs our families, our teams, and the people we serve.

That’s why having a system to return to yourself is so important. A way to ground, to reset, to come back into a mood that allows you to lead and live more effectively. Without that, it’s too easy to drift into patterns that undermine both our work and our humanity.

When we take better care of ourselves, we don’t just do better in business, we show up better for everyone around us. For our clients, our colleagues, our communities, and our families.

👉 What practices do you rely on to ground yourself and return to an effective mood?

12/09/2025

Ever have a week where everything clicks—focus, flow, momentum—then seven days later you’re back in old rhythms?
You’re not failing. You’re experiencing the Drift: biology, language, and environment pulling you back to familiar ground.

What we see: the issue isn’t starting; it’s sustaining.

Question: Does it show up for you as one habit that keeps slipping… or as trying to hold too many at once?

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10/09/2025

I’ve had the privilege of working alongside the Howell Chamber to help elevate entrepreneurship education here in Livingston County. What’s stood out most to me is the innovation Janelle brings to the table. She’s always looking for ways to grow the Chamber’s impact, not just for members, but for the entire community.

Her perspective on what’s really at the heart of entrepreneurship is rare, and it’s been inspiring to see.

Take a look for yourself, and I’d love to hear your thoughts.

In this episode, Janelle Smith is joined by Kevin Suboski for a conversation about human centered leadership, entrepreneurship, and building meaningful busin...

08/09/2025

In leadership, the most powerful shift comes when you realize this:
other people’s moods aren’t “them.”

What feels like irrational behavior often makes perfect sense once you see the mood behind it.
• Anger makes the world look hostile.
• Resignation closes the future.
• Hope opens possibility.

When you can see moods as lenses rather than reality, you stop reacting to them blindly. You stay grounded. You can engage with curiosity instead of defensiveness. And in doing so, you often shift the entire room.

This is what psychologists call emotional contagion, and neuroscience confirms it: moods spread. Leaders who master their own state change the field around them.

👉 Have you ever worked with someone whose presence shifted the energy of an entire team?