At the best of times, business owners struggle to step away from running their company to focus on themselves, on the things that refuel them and clear their minds. But a pandemic—or any crisis, really—makes it that much harder. Right now, at the time of year when most of my clients would be taking a much needed b...
Family businesses have a unique set of challenges. Of course, they face many of the same issues as other businesses—lack of systems, management and team performance issues, no shared vision—but add in the social dynamics of family, and those issues can inflate until they burst. That’s why we see so many family own...
As an entrepreneur, you likely spend every day taking care of your business. But are you doing everything you can to take care of yourself? The work of owning a company is tireless, but you keep at it because it’s your dream in progress. At EMyth, many business owners come to us because they’re burnt out—they’ve h...
The key to finding more time in your day is understanding how you use the time you already have.
Here we are at the beginning of a new year (and a new decade!)—an incredible moment that offers the opportunity to metaphorically wipe the slate clean and start fresh. And what if you really could start fresh, start anew? What if this were the year you could achieve the dream we know so many business owners have, ...
You started your business to help you achieve a more fulfilling life—but is your business actually getting in the way of that goal? Take our quiz to find out.
Learn how you relate to your vacation time, so you can start creating a culture that promotes making space to relax.
Improving your work–life balance starts with understanding the balance you have now. Our free quiz can help.
When I started as an EMyth Coach in 1996, I had a client (let’s call her Kathy) whose biggest frustration was not being able to trust her people to take care of the business in her absence. She confessed that it had been ten years since she’d gone away for longer than a weekend. Just one week prior, she’d stepped ...
When I asked Rob what he felt was missing from his life—what he finds himself wishing for—he replied, “Time. I really feel fortunate that I have most of what I want in life, but time is the missing link.”
The first step in any successful endeavor is defining what a win will look like once the project is complete. When an artist begins a painting, he typically has a vision in his mind of what the painting will look like when it is finished. When a football team takes the field, they know the definition of success—a ...
With the launch of Evoke 2014, we're shifting gears today to honor business coaches - those in our network and others from around the world. As an EMyth follower, you understand the value of coaching and mentoring, but sometimes it can be hard to describe what these incredible people really do, who they 'are' in t...
Shouldn't business coaches have a great business of their own? How much can they really help you if they're teaching but not doing? And by doing, I mean working on their business the way they say you should be working on yours.