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“That’s a palace?” my daughters exclaimed. Their eyes were declaring what their mouths were too polite to say. That’s complete ***t. So they weren’t impressed
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“That’s a palace?” my daughters exclaimed. Their eyes were declaring what their mouths were too polite to say. That’s complete ***t. So they weren’t impressed

“Wisdom is worth more than silver; it makes you much richer than gold. Wisdom is more valuable than precious jewels; nothing you want compares with

I have been out of touch for a week or so. Not because I am blowing you all off but just to step back and

Friday was fun. I organised an afternoon lunch and then happy hour with over a dozen business owners and service providers. We didn’t have an

“I learned more from a 3 minute record than I ever learned in school” Bruce Springsteen – “No Retreat, No Surrender” In the mid 80s

You know what’s funny about my business? The wide variety of industries and situations I get called into that differ significantly on the surface but

Last day of FAQ week. And this one is the question that separates the owners who end up with options from those who end up

Day 2 of FAQ week. Today’s question hits a nerve with almost every owner I talk to. “You talk about building a business that runs

It’s a holiday week all across the globe with bank holidays in the West and US, Eid here in the Mideast, and Pentecost both last

I recently met a business owner generating nine figures in revenue. Multiple suitors circling. The kind of interest most owners dream about. And none of

Paul and David both started logistics companies around the same time. Both built them to roughly $8 million in revenue with teams of about 30

Yesterday I told you about the blind man and the Pharisees and how the experts who were supposed to see most clearly were the ones

In the Gospel of John there’s a scene that has always stuck with me. Jesus encounters a man who has been blind since birth and

Yesterday I ran an intimate M&A deep dive breakfast with eight professionals who all touch mergers and acquisitions from different angles and what came out

Last night I attended a hosted dinner featuring Gaston Hochar, the third-generation family owner of Chateau Musar, one of Lebanon’s most iconic wineries.Twenty-four of us

Met a guy called Adam at the gym this week. We got talking between sets and he mentioned he’d recently exited a cybersecurity firm here

Over the weekend one of my email subscribers asked if he could get in on the Pioneer deal because he didn’t have time to sign

She nailed it. So I agreed to having Mitch Martina Cleaning Company come to our house for a deep cleaning of the apartment even though

The other day I took my youngest to a new café while we waited for her sister to finish school. When we sat down the

Monday’s business growth cohort call for Fall in Love with Your Business Again went somewhere I didn’t plan. What was supposed to be a walkthrough

A carpet cleaner in Baltimore charges double what everyone else charges. He has a waiting list. His competitors slash prices to win jobs and wonder

The Answer Changed the Wine Industry. A few years ago when I was working as a Value Builder Advisor with John Warrillow’s Built to Sell

Today is St George’s Day. My namesake and patron saint. Legend has him on a horse slaying a dragon. Well forget the dragon because the

Who do you think won my business? Met a wealth advisor at a networking event a while back. Seemed sharp. We agreed to grab a

Before leaving for RAK with the family, I sat down and made sure three different client milestones were completed and delivered, so that nothing left

Before heading to Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) with the family for a couple of days I had to stay home for the LG technicians to

A digital agency owner I’ll call David lost a pitch last year to a competitor who charged nearly double his price. Same scope. Same deliverables.

There’s a documentary called Jiro Dreams of Sushi about a man named Jiro Ono who runs a ten-seat sushi restaurant in a Tokyo subway station.

After my post of Sophia on a horse, I received the following email. Hi George, I went to that polo club on Monday. My daughter

One beach. Three businesses. Only one struggling.
I’ve watched a once-great business die in real time — and the owner still doesn’t see it.
This isn’t about hospitality.
It’s about what happens when you look to cut corners to “save costs” by cutting back on the Customer Experience.

Everyone’s racing to replace humans with AI in customer service.
But what if that move is silently choking your profits?
Today I shared a quick example that might make you rethink the “cost savings” logic.

Everyone’s obsessed with AI.
And yes — it can be powerful.
But when it replaces common sense… it starts costing you profit, peace of mind, and even sleep.
Just ask the guy canceling roaming charges at 4am in Greece.

Had a happy hour Friday night.
12 people.
No pitching. No Agenda. No Selling.
Instead, we created the kind of business connections most people chase for years.
Opening doors that can lead to 7 and 8 figure deals.
How?
Well that is the interesting part.

What do you do when your biggest client is also your biggest headache?
They pay well.
But they drain your time.
And your team.
And your sanity.
Discover what Rebecca did — and how it led to more time, higher profits, and a total mindset shift in just 45 days.

He moved states without touching the business.
People thought he was crazy.
But he just did what most business owners wish they could.
Built a business that doesn’t need him.
Lives where he wants.
Works on what he loves.
And if he wanted to sell — he could.
That’s real freedom.
Can you say the same?

If you had to leave tomorrow — would your business survive?
One friend of mine just picked up and left. His business didn’t blink.
Another? Still chained to the office.
Same entrepreneurial start.
Very different outcomes.
The difference is what they built their business for.

You didn’t start a business just to survive.
You did it to build something that matters —
To wake up proud of what you’re doing, who you’re doing it for, and what it creates.
That’s Freedom of Purpose.
And if you’ve lost it…
It’s time to take it back.