Every December, I get the same call. A leader, stressed, saying some version of: "We set all these goals in January and somehow it's December and none of them are done. I don't know what happened." I do. What happened is February. And March. And seventeen other priorities that felt urgent. And five org changes. And that one "quick win" that turned into a whole thing. But when I ask, "What were your top three goals for the year?"—crickets. Then they pulled up their January kic

This is one of those ‘I want to write this but I don’t want to show you behind the curtain’ articles. A season that occasionally reminds me of a failed baking attempt, or a hashtag#PinterestFail. I am pretty uncomfortable sharing this view into my new world, but we all know I’m an over-sharer. Because why let others see only the good, when it’s the bad that makes us who we are! The truth is becoming an entrepreneur, a business owner, and going out on my own, sounds amazing. I