Writing & Conversations

The work
outside
the room.

I write. And I sit in rooms with people who want to get real.

The books are where I worked to write down what I've learned so other people wouldn't have to learn it the same way. The Substack is where I write new lessons.

I don't do big-stage keynotes that often anymore. The work I want to do happens in smaller settings. EO and YPO forums where the doors close and the pretending stops. Mornings or afternoons with a leadership team ready for an honest conversation about what's really going on. Podcasts where the host has actually thought about the questions. Panels where the other people are in it with you.

01 The Books
Latest Book · 2023

Fewer. Better.

And Other Business Life Lessons

Most business owners are told that suffering and grinding are the price of success. This is the case against that story, and a practical argument for doing fewer things better instead of more things worse. A book about actually having the wealth and the life you started the business for.

"A counterintuitive and, dare I say, subversive little book. A point of view that I sincerely hope everyone embraces."
Tom Asacker  ·  Author of The Business of Belief
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Earlier Book

Your Business Brickyard

Getting Back to the Basics to Make Your Business More Fun to Run

Twelve essentials most business owners abandon once the business starts working. About reconnecting with the purpose you started with, making better decisions, and making the business more fun to run again.

"To call Your Business Brickyard a 'bible' would not be an exaggeration. It belongs in your pocket for permanent and immediate reference."
Tom Peters  ·  Author of In Search of Excellence
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02 The Conversations

Wherever I show up to talk, the shape is the same. A few questions worth sitting with. A group willing to be honest. No slides. No script. No performance.

On podcasts.
I'm a guest on shows where the host has done the work and the conversation has somewhere to go. If you make something thoughtful, I'd probably love to be on it.
On panels.
Small, substantive ones. Where everyone has earned their seat and the moderator isn't afraid of silence.
In EO, YPO & Vistage forums.
I'm a past member of both EO and YPO and served as a YPO Forum Moderator for three years. I understand how forum confidentiality works and why protecting it is everything. For formal forum bookings, I co-founded ForumTalks, which is where that work lives. More at forumtalks.org.
With leadership teams.
Mornings, afternoons, or full days with a team ready to stop performing with each other and get honest about what's actually happening. Closed sessions, structured around where the team actually is.
If what you're planning calls for one of these, get in touch.