If you're experiencing any of these symptoms - micromanagement, energy drain, excessive mental load, things falling through cracks, struggling to delegate - it's time to look at trust. Not to assign blame. To get curious together about what's actually happening. In this blog, we explore the Three Pillars.

When sales activity slows down, panic can set in and we run on default.  Most expert led businesses aren't suffering from a content volume problem though. They're pouring energy into a system that has a leak that has likely gone unnoticed, until now. Or they're speaking to the wrong problem entirely, and no amount of activity will fix that. So before you exhaust yourself or expend resources -  let's get clarity on where your pipeline is leaking.

Pipeline issues, revenue dips, the feeling of being stuck - they're symptoms of deeper compromises. The ones that feel small in the moment but compound over time. Discover how how the five regrets of the dying by Bronnie Ware show up in expert-led practices.

Many business owners get excited about sales and run with the dopamine. (me included)

The proposals are flowing, the discovery calls are converting, and suddenly you're saying yes to everything because it feels damn good to be swimming in the love from new clients.

But then reality hits when you try to fit it all into your calendar. (throw in personal hurdles and you're all set for a super UN-fun time)

Often in a scoping and proposal process, the prep and the communications in between isn't factored in. The same happens on a calendar.

It's like forgetting to chunk travel time in your calendar - technically you can get from the 2pm meeting to the 3pm meeting, but you'll arrive frazzled.

What sit's behind each "Yes"

Let's spell out the reality of what it takes to run a thought leadership practice with life by design. I assume you don't have a job because the idea of working full-time hours is simply not for you. So let's assume you want to average 30 hours per week.

What could you discover about you or your business if you measured success by effectiveness rather than productivity? I let go of wanting productivity a long while ago. And I definitely don't want you to be more productive. Maybe you've felt this too, that pressure to optimise every minute, to have frameworks for everything, to prove your worth through your output. If so, we're about to explore something together that might shift a few things for you.

Sometimes life creates the circumstances where we have no choice but to receive. Where our usual patterns of immediately reciprocating are impossible. These moments, uncomfortable as they are, can be painfully revealing. They show us what we've been missing. What we've been avoiding. What becomes possible when we stop trying to control the flow of give and take.

What on earth is the difference between a virtual assistant, executive assistant and a business manager?

You're not alone in this confusion and seeing blurry lines.

You weren’t meant to carry it all. Real leadership means trusting someone to hold the vision with you — and building a business that’s built to last.

In the rush to provide clarity for this potential client before my holiday break, I'd betrayed future me – the one who would be doing the actual work.