Growth coach and advisor to CEOs and teams. Speaker on authentic leadership for business.
Joined November 2008
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TGIF. Don't just sleep in.
Rest is a performance skill. Move, get outside, see people, learn something, go quiet.
What's your active rest this weekend?
ALT Bill surfing a turquoise wave
There's a wrong kind of busy. Most of us are fluent in it.
The hours you work are probably a tell on how well you lead.
My talk with @robert_glazer on the Elevate Podcast: robertglazer.com/elevate-pod…
If everything in your company runs through you, I wrote this book for you.
Busy Is Broken. Do less. Scale more.
amazon.com/dp/197262007X
ALT Bill holding Busy Is Broken in the library stacks
Stop falling in love with your mousetrap. Mitchell Jones of Lava: "be interested in the mice problem." Solutions expire fast in the AI era. The problem lasts. What mousetrap are you protecting? scaling-up-business.captivat…
I grew up with sexy Detroit concept cars, but they never sold any to us. The Tesla model S was the first thing that felt like a concept car that you could actually buy. And now we see this crazy new rocket car, some version of which will actually be sold.
You Bought AI to Save Time. So Why Are You Busier Than Ever? inc.com/ash-kumra/you-bought…
AI doesn't make you less busy or more busy. It's just a tool. It all really comes down to how you use it.
Anxious about AI, excited, or both at once?
I'm asking every founder and CEO I can find this month and writing down their actual words. Not selling anything.
Reply, or DM if you'd rather not say it out loud.
Are you working too much or not enough, and what kind of leader are you? 12 questions, ~5 min. Add a few of your team, get a personalized read on your style, strengths, blind spots, and how you compare to other CEOs.
scalingcoach.com/study
Really important reality check for your over-reliance on AI...
hbr.org/2026/03/researchers-…
The easiest path to growth is almost always one you can’t see from inside.
I built a free 10-min diagnostic that finds it. Growth paths, competitive positioning, strengths you’re undervaluing.
CEOs scaling $1M–$10M — need testers while I refine it:
ScalingCoach.com/q20
Markets go up and down. Things move left and then right. Another week goes by. The candles burn out but soon new candles take their place. I'm grateful for this moment.
In 2009 I was the bottleneck for everything in my own company. Classic founder trap.
So I spent 10 months learning to actually let go. Then took my family to Italy for a month in 2010. Zero calls. Zero meetings.
I was certain something would collapse.
Nothing collapsed. The team was better without me in the middle.
I’ve been sitting on that realization for 16 years. Finally writing the book.
Busy Is Broken — September 2026
BusyIsBroken.com
