Lisa Robbin Young

04/27/2026

After sending out a crapton of RFPs to area hotels, I have a shortlist of SIX for our fall retreat. Getting so close to releasing the official dates!!

04/25/2026

Language warning. This got me feeling feisty for all of us making moves in the second half of life. You are never too old, you’ve got time to “start over” AND you need to be clear about a few things that are different now than when you were a bright-eyed 20-something just launching your dreams.

04/18/2026

Shout out to .kay.albers for recommending I talk about this. Again, I am not an AI futurist, I just see patterns over long periods of time and can see how this is likely to play out from a business profitability standpoint. Most of the players in the AI game right now will not still be standing in the years to come. Those who will are the ones that can ride the bubble when it bursts - and it will. Bubbles always do.

04/08/2026

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Join me and a few brilliant souls at upcoming Neurodivergent Business Summit!

Each day has a special focus. day One is about choosing what best fits you. I’m doing an entirely new talk about what to do when the business you created doesn’t fit you anymore… not that I speak from experience or anything! 🤣😂🤣😜

03/28/2026

I can’t stop thinking about “digital Doritos”. What are you filling your mind with and how is it helping or harming your ability to feel successful and to enjoy life?

02/04/2026

Those who don’t learn from history…
A few years ago, i learned about and their work to document the 1921
Re-reading the books I got from them brought me to this passage from Mary Parrish’s first-hand account of what happened that day.

Her words, written between the world wars, are nearly as accurate about the movements and mob mentality of ICE agents today as they were about the horrors inflicted on her and her neighbors in 1921.

It occurred to me that THIS is exactly what black folks mean when we say we’ve been dealing with fascism for centuries. It looks a little different today, but it’s the same story from the same playbook with a new cover, adapted for a “modern” audience.

12/02/2025

“More” doesn’t make you more abundant. Alignment does. Aligned capacity means that your strategy works within your capacity constraints - and let’s be clear, we ALL have capacity constraints of one kind or another. None of us is a bottomless pit of resources!

Some of us have more capacity constraints than others. It does you no good to pretend that’s not true.
If you’re not working within your capacity, you’re stressing yourself and your systems to the breaking point. Maybe even PAST your breaking point!

Save this for the next time you feel like you have to add one more thing to your plate.

11/16/2025

2025 went exactly according to plan… because I really didn’t have one.
This time last year, I had completed my client planning retreat, where I usually work on my own plan. But that didn’t happen.
I was neck deep in creating a new show for IU’s public media station, and we were fast approaching launch. I fell victim to the old saw of prioritizing the urgent over the important. The show launched and by all accounts was a hit.

But at what cost? I was fighting for equal pay for equal work in a job that I’d originally accepted because I thought it would be fun. And I remembered that I’d done what I came to do, so instead of fighting, it was time to protect my peace and leave.

By March, I was giving notice and planning a move to the Pacific Northwest. April, I was packing up or selling off everything we owned. In May, we were in temporary housing, paying rent in two places while we figured out where to live next.

June gave me a chance to get out of my head and meet up with cool peeps at ’s event. That was a helpful re-set for me. July saw Jim with multiple heart procedures, and we moved to our current digs in August. Then, he was diagnosed with cancer in September and surgery in October.

As he completed recovery, a new awareness came over me… that I had gone almost all year without really creating a plan to follow. I also had an awareness about how I was in the middle of an entire paradigm shift for my life and work.

Reinvention like this happens every 7-10 years, but THIS TIME is the first time I can see that pattern and see myself in it.

I am SO glad I have been filming all year for this reality show. It’s helped me see patterns I was ignorant of and growth I would have blown off or missed in past years.

Not this time! And because of that, I have a whole new appreciation for how much better I operate when I start from a clear plan.

So I am giving myself the gift of time- to reflect, reconsider, and put my own tools through their paces for MY benefit, and by extension, the benefit of those that matter to me.

I believe that Eisenhower was right when he said that plans are mostly worthless but the act of planning is a gift we give ourselves.

11/01/2025

THIS coming Friday, November 7, my Conditions For Success workshop will have you celebrating more clarity and confidence in your life and work. And with *waves arms around wildly* all this going on, couldn't we all use more clarity and confidence?!

In this workshop, we’ll explore the 7 Domains of sustainable growth.

We’ll talk about the different aspects of each domain, as you consider the “boosters” that help set you up for greater success. We’ll also talk about how much direct control you have in each of these domains and what to do when you don’t.

By the end of the workshop, you’ll have more clarity on what actually helps YOU feel successful and DOABLE action steps you can take right away to bring your work into greater alignment with your unique Conditions For Success.

Please join us and help spread the word!

https://lisarobbinyoung.com/cfs

10/31/2025

I had a great conversation with Pat about the wide range of coaches in the coaching industry, and why saying "I want to hire a coach" isn't clear enough.

Check out her podcast for the full conversation:

In this episode of The Business Bada$$ Revolution, Pat Honiotes sits down with Lisa Robbin Young, a creative entrepreneur, author, and business coach who hel...