Jul 06
The Rules You Never Chose: Who Made Them Up
Most rules you live by, from the five-day week to retirement at 65, were invented by one person for a narrow reason. Here is how to audit yours.
7 min read
Marissa Brassfield
Trusted advisor, simplifier, and loving catalyst of your biggest and best initiatives. Discovering how to stretch time, maximize ease, and optimize work-life alignment.
Jul 03
Why Is the Weekend Only Two Days?
The two-day weekend is barely 150 years old and was built to sell cars. A medieval peasant likely rested more than you. Here is how to take it back.
5 min read
Jul 01
The Mid-Year Tax on Everything You Left Half-Done
The work you finish costs you once. The work you half-finish keeps charging you every day it stays open. A mid-year audit of your open loops gives the attention back.
7 min read
Jun 30
39 months in: it was the habitat all along
The constraint I thought was my goal turned out to be the habitat my goals grew in.
2 min read
Jun 29
The Kitchen That Taught Me About Staying Too Long
In the summer of 2015, I stood in my kitchen mid-demolition and started crying. The renovation was long overdue.
11 min read
Jun 26
Mid-Year Pruning: Releasing What Stopped Thriving
June 30 is the literal middle of the year, the natural moment to prune. A seasonal ritual for releasing what stopped thriving, with three prompts to find the cuts.
7 min read
Jun 24
Why "Set Better Boundaries" Is the Wrong Advice for Working Moms
The fix for an overloaded life starts by reviewing the commitment load itself. A one-hour elimination audit, and the three nos that gave me back Tuesday mornings with my son.
8 min read
Jun 23
Every past version of you is source material now
Ciaran made $6,000 in two days from his side hustle by combining two skills he already had.
2 min read
Jun 22
The Guilt That Hides Inside "Enough"
A few years ago I sat in a strategy meeting I had organized, running the agenda and answering every question
8 min read
Jun 19
Somatic Tools for Entrepreneurs: The Working Toolbox
Six named somatic tools with concrete protocols and honest evidence grades, built for the decisions entrepreneurs actually face.
7 min read
Jun 17
The Vision Keeper: A New Role for Founders
Founders building their life's defining platform need someone who holds the vision while they scale the work. That role has a name now: the Vision Keeper. Here is what it is and how it differs from a coach, a consultant, or a strategist.
7 min read
Jun 16
The yes I couldn't say a year ago
A year ago I walked away from a project that felt impossible. In April it came back, and my body said yes immediately.
2 min read