The Brilliant Balance Blog

Entrepreneurs like to have all the answers. We love to be seen as smart, as in the know, as super savvy. Answers help us get clients, and partnerships, and funding. All sorts of goodies. Having the answers is great. But… Acting like we have the answers when we don’t isn’t helpful at all.  Here’s an example: In an earlier chapter of […]

This past weekend we celebrated my son’s First Communion. It was one of those days that just stop time in its tracks for a moment, when you pause to take it all in. It was a little overwhelming, honestly. While we totally lucked out with perfect weather, and while I kept the party planning super simple, […]

If, like mine, your Facebook feed is being flooded with memories of Prince – his lyrics, his concerts, his costumes, his “formerly known as” moniker – you’re having one of two reactions. You’re either nodding along in agreement with the passionate homage…or you’re wondering what all this hype is about. Either way, you have to agree […]

I probably say no to more than 75% of the volunteer requests I get. There, I said it. You may think that means I don’t like to volunteer (or that I’m a selfish troll) but you’d be wrong. In fact, I spent more than 12 hours as a volunteer in one week recently and they were probably the […]

Sometimes we have days that don’t go as planned. Sometimes we’re a little worse for the wear by the time evening arrives. I’m learning the secret to getting to the next day with my spirit in tact involves a little resilience and a lot of grace. This quote hangs on my fridge: Finish each day […]

Earlier this week I was staring down a to do list that did not want to squeeze itself into the time allotted. It was the proverbial 10 pounds of sugar in a 5 pound sack conundrum. I started with the usual – canceling an appointment or two, getting up early, staying up late, delegating a few things, removing a few more. This is the […]

When I left my corporate job to become an entrepreneur, it seemed my to do list grew exponentially. Things I used to hand off to teammates or agencies had no where else to land,  so on my list they stayed. And stayed. And stayed. Each day I worked wholeheartedly to grow my fledgling business…and yet at the […]

If you were to eavesdrop on the conversations in any given lunch spot on any given Tuesday, you’d hear a lot of stressed and unhappy people.   “It’s a job. It pays the bills.” “I only have 5 years till retirement. I can stick it out.” “I never thought I’d be here this long…but whatever.” “I have […]