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What Happens When Everything Lives in Your Head

Your team can’t perform to a standard that only exists in your head — and the cost of that gap is higher than most practice owners realize.

I know this cycle firsthand — and I see it with nearly every new practice owner I work with.

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When Confidence Isn't Enough

“Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.”

I heard this for the first time a few weeks ago, and I found it irritating—because choosing suffering is exactly what I do when I get stuck and stressed and don't know what to do.

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Coaching: What it is and why you want it

I heard about life coaches, thinking the idea seemed a little out there because why would someone need a coach to do life? Honestly, I didn't think about coaches much at all. I didn't realize the purpose and value of a coach until my early forties, when, in my new corporate job.

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