Most entrepreneurs will tell you they love being their own boss. But if you worked for a boss who demanded a 50-80 hour week, asked you to postpone any time off indefinitely, forced you to pay for your own health insurance, micromanaged every detail, paid you well below market value, assigned you the work of five people, was hyper-critical, noticed every mistake and never complimented your successes, then asked that you defer your bonus until the company was “doing well” – yo

Most entrepreneurs feel stuck in some area of their business. What’s worse, once we see we are stuck, we start repeating, “I am stuck,” (or some variation) over and over. We build an entire story around our being stuck. We talk about how it feels, how frustrating it is, how we cannot figure out why we got stuck here, what we are doing to deal with it, and how great it will be if we can move forward some day. It doesn’t really matter if we are stuck pre-launch, or when delegat

An entrepreneur is a courageous individual. We are driven by passion to create, be of service to the world, and quite often by a deep need for recognition and approval. Passion, service and approval motivations are so strong that they override the basic need for safety and security that can keep others from taking the risk. This initial entrepreneurial courage is absolutely necessary to propel startups forward. However, it can just as quickly distort into a debilitating lack

Why is the sky blue? Why do people die? Why do you want me to stop asking why? From age two up to age five our learning is irrepressible. Our questions are endless, challenging and full of wonder. Then we stop our tireless asking, to the relief of most adults. Why? When was the last time you questioned why something is the way it is? There are a number of reasons we stop being so inquisitive, including: We learn asking lots of questions often equates to making the other perso

Passion is undoubtedly important to a life that is rich, satisfying and meaningful, but what does it mean to “find your passion” – especially as it relates to work? Have we crossed some new evolutionary threshold of thinking about work, or are we suffering from one massive fashion of the moment that insists passion belongs there? Today, as we spend more and more time in our jobs, legions of workers are bemoaning their dissatisfaction, and blaming passion’s absence. Business p