Matt Schwandt came to us as a passionate entrepreneur looking to work with other high performers as one of our Keystone Impact Advisors. We’ve gained a real respect for Matt and can’t wait to share a bit of his journey on our podcast. The following article sums 7 takeaways from this discussion. Let us know…
Throughout our lives there are moments when we feel like things are happening fast and we aren’t ready for what’s coming next. That feeling is normal and it’s just a feeling. The hardest things you have done up until this point in your life have been things you were not ready to conquer, achieve and…
Your Source of Real Strength So many of us underestimate what our real strength is, myself included. We second-guess, make excuses, diminish our real innate strength because we believe we need something different, or more of something we don’t have. Here’s the fact. We all have strengths that are uniquely are, and yes, to make…
Break Through the Rhythm Have you been living your life in autopilot mode? Our everyday tasks and duties become routine. Eventually, we go on autopilot mode, no longer do our routines require us to think, we simply do them. It can be easy to get lost in the routine and comfortable with no need to…
Lessons Learned During a Crisis As I reflect on our world today and what the future holds, I am cautiously optimistic that our world can heal itself if we are all willing to look inside with deep introspection and look outside with deep empathy. As a small business owner, there are some key lessons that…
Does Overnight Success Exist? Many of us find ourselves looking at the highlight reels and success of the people who inspire and motivate us, but what about their struggles? It’s easy to assume that success came easily to them if we don’t see “behind the scenes” or know about the fights they had to go…
Play the Infinite Game In the book The Infinite Game, author Simon Sinek discusses the idea of life and business being an infinite game. That means there is no winner, there’s just the journey in the game that continues on. Our goal is not to “win” at life or business, it’s to always be playing,…
Double Down As I got off the phone with my client’s leadership team this morning, I had a big smile on my face. Despite these troubling and uncertain times, they have been a resilient organization that continues to grow. I had the opportunity to dig in and help guide their team and really feel like…
Who were you before the world told you who you were supposed to be? For some of us, this may be a difficult question to answer, especially if we constantly find ourselves trying to conform to what society says we should be. It’s difficult to pull ourselves from the definition of success society has given…
Take a Break I had a great reminder of my need for clarity breaks this morning. I also had the realization that working remotely when you are used to 60 hours a week and a lot of travel might have seemed like a break in the beginning but it really isn’t a break. It’s just…
