Last week I had a super long day of client calls and teaching CI to a new leadership team.  By the end, I should have been exhausted. Instead, I was amped up (and so were they!)

This year brought 2 huge wins for me - Lisa and Brittany.  Lisa took over my rental property management in January.  For the first time in 4 years, our rents are current and our properties are up to date on licensing and maintenance.  

Inside Culture Index, we joke about crushes - not romantic ones, but on "traits" we wish we had.  Right now mine is intense mental focus.  It's often mistaken for slow, but really it’s certainty.

Back in 2015, I was on a road trip with some of my smartest (and most unfiltered) college friends. After a bottle rolled down a hill, I said, “That bottle has a design flaw.”  Ryan, never one to miss a moment, deadpanned: “Yeah. You are the design flaw, Beka. The design flaw is you.”

I once heard the definition of insanity was doing the same thing but expecting different results.  It takes me back to my undergraduate lab days—mixing the same ingredients in those tiny adorable beakers and how predictable the reactions were.  It's not magic, it's science!

I’m one of those weirdos who ADORES annual goal setting. By November, I start chipping away at next year’s focus, and over Christmas, I bring it all together in one place.

I came across something online recently called "October Theory" - the idea that Oct. 1st feels like a mini New Year's.  There’s this sense that the year’s wrapping up, but with three months left there’s still time to make a final strong push toward your goals. 

In my experience, CEOs are well aware of their challenges, but how they handle them makes all the difference—some take control, others let challenges control them. The key difference is making space to act.

"Failure is not embarrassing. It is not a roadblock. It is the road."  -Colin Rosenblum

I love December because it's GOAL SETTING TIME!  And my favorite way to do that is by using this worksheet and taking some time to reflect on how this year went before throwing myself blindly into next year's plans.

We've all head the phrase "Practice makes perfect", but the better version is "Perfect practice makes perfect."  

“Once I’m in a flow state I can’t be distracted. That’s the magic of it.” -Ryan McDevitt

I had the privilege of meeting Mark O'Donnell recently.  He is the CEO of EOS Worldwide, and I dove in right away with a tough question.  I knew they'd had some serious upheaval recently and I wanted to know his side of the story.