This season, let’s put our dollars where they’ll make the biggest difference. Whether it’s shopping at your favorite local shop, ordering from an online artisan, or grabbing a gift card to a family-owned restaurant, every little bit counts.

Here's my (slightly humorous but very true) Top 10 Reasons to Shop Small Business every day!

Tag your favorite small business in the comments—they deserve a shout-out!

#SmallBusinessSaturday #HappyThanksgiving #BlackFriday #ShopLocal

When you base your self-worth or happiness on achievements or acquisitions, you will never be satisfied. Satisfaction is an inside job. You will neither do your best nor be your best when you attach self-worth to external factors. That’s like defining the value of a fish based on its ability to climb a tree. 

Many of my clients come to me because they are feeling burned out. The solution they seek usually falls along the lines of better organization, time management, and self-care. These are all good, and can help. Burnout has far less to do with how many hours of sleep you get or how busy your calendar is and how much time we spend helping others vs. "self-care." While it's a component, you will not solve the burnout problem with more sleep and self-care alone.

We all have that inner Critic. If you are reading this, yours may be working overtime. Usually, the Critic is strongest when you are on the brink of something big. If you have no resistance, it’s unlikely that you are learning or growing.

(Throw away your SMART goals and start creating results)

If you want something you don't have, you must do things you've never done. You must stop doing things that don't support your goal.

The first 7 Elements make up the GPS and the supplies you need for the journey. Grace and Gratitude are the fuel. You will need to stop and refuel throughout the day, every day.

If you dare to dream and plan big enough to step into your full potential, there are going to be many times where you don't feel safe, or in control.

When it comes to executing your goals, there is no substitute for massive action. If all it took was a little motivation, we'd all be living our whole and authentic selves.

As you are BECOMING the kind of person it takes to achieve the goals you want to achieve, you have to Own the vision!

"Interest" is dabbling until things get hard or don't go as planned. Or until something else comes up that seems more attractive. Interest is going after something without really understanding the costs and without connecting the goal with your values and greater vision for your life.

This is your goal. Your vision. Your dream. No one else signed up for this. Expect a rocky reception as you upset the natural balance. Ease the resistence by engaging the environment: aligning people, places, and things to who you are becoming.

Are you simply working on achieving a goal with an end date? Or are you BECOMING the kind of person it takes to achieve the goal and become the best version of your personal and professional self?

If you look to the root of WHY you want to accomplish more, it’s because in that journey you’ll offer more value to the world. When you think more about what you offer, suddenly it becomes more selfish NOT to pursue that passion.

You need more than a new set of actions. You need to reset your thinking, beliefs, actions, and your being; become more of who you were created to be. If you aren't sure who that is, then create the person you want to become. I'm not calling you to change. I'm calling you to break free from the thoughts and beliefs that are holding you back from becoming the best version of you.