Emma

The truth everyone needs to hear, there's so much you can control and just as much that you absolutely cannot. As an entrepreneur, here's what I know for sure. You can control your vision, your energy, your standards, how you show up. Every single day, you can control these things.

The truth everyone needs to hear, there's so much you can control and just as much that you absolutely cannot. As an entrepreneur, here's what I know for sure. You can control your vision, your energy, your standards, how you show up. Every single day, you can control these things.

You can choose your mindset, your team, your boundaries, how you respond when things don't go as planned, but you can't control other people's opinions. You can't control the pace of somebody else's journey or every twist and turn in the market. And trying to control those things, that is what drains your energy.

You can choose your mindset, your team, your boundaries, how you respond when things don't go as planned, but you can't control other people's opinions. You can't control the pace of somebody else's journey or every twist and turn in the market. And trying to control those things, that is what drains your energy.

Let me tell you the first four things I think about every day as a matter of practice. These things we all have control over. And I promise you that if you get hold of them, they'll make the biggest differences to your life. The first one, how you speak to yourself. My great friend, Diane, Diane von Fustenberg says this,

Let me tell you the first four things I think about every day as a matter of practice. These things we all have control over. And I promise you that if you get hold of them, they'll make the biggest differences to your life. The first one, how you speak to yourself. My great friend, Diane, Diane von Fustenberg says this,

The most important relationship you'll ever have is the one you have with yourself. So make it a practice to speak to yourself well and with intention. Here's the next one, how you respond to others. Life is short and the world is really small. And I can tell you countless stories of how the same people come back into my life in different ways over and over again.

The most important relationship you'll ever have is the one you have with yourself. So make it a practice to speak to yourself well and with intention. Here's the next one, how you respond to others. Life is short and the world is really small. And I can tell you countless stories of how the same people come back into my life in different ways over and over again.

Are you someone that walks into the room and brings energy or do you drain it? Choosing and being deliberate, looking people in the eye, saying hello, a little smile, acknowledging a small detail or something that you know might be important to someone else, or just taking a little moment for a chat. This is how people experience you. This is the stuff that matters.

Are you someone that walks into the room and brings energy or do you drain it? Choosing and being deliberate, looking people in the eye, saying hello, a little smile, acknowledging a small detail or something that you know might be important to someone else, or just taking a little moment for a chat. This is how people experience you. This is the stuff that matters.

And when you change the way you relate to others, everything gets better and you don't have to do much. You'll get it back automatically. The next two things are really simple. How do you wake up and how do you go to bed? How you start your day and what you choose to do before you go to bed is your choice. I'll tell you my life changed with two simple moves in the morning.

And when you change the way you relate to others, everything gets better and you don't have to do much. You'll get it back automatically. The next two things are really simple. How do you wake up and how do you go to bed? How you start your day and what you choose to do before you go to bed is your choice. I'll tell you my life changed with two simple moves in the morning.

I've kept a journal since I was 12 years old. In my late teens, it turned into a gratitude journal and I still keep this daily practice. There's no doubt that you've heard about the benefits of practicing gratitude. My simple point of view is that it's something I can't live without doing. Your entire perspective will change when you focus on what's good in your life.

I've kept a journal since I was 12 years old. In my late teens, it turned into a gratitude journal and I still keep this daily practice. There's no doubt that you've heard about the benefits of practicing gratitude. My simple point of view is that it's something I can't live without doing. Your entire perspective will change when you focus on what's good in your life.

I decided to get an alarm clock and plug my phone into charge in a different room. Yes, it's that simple. I refuse to look at an email or at the news before I've spoken to my husband in bed for at least 15 minutes over a coffee or whatever I might do that morning. It might sound a little dramatic.

I decided to get an alarm clock and plug my phone into charge in a different room. Yes, it's that simple. I refuse to look at an email or at the news before I've spoken to my husband in bed for at least 15 minutes over a coffee or whatever I might do that morning. It might sound a little dramatic.

You ask how something so small could actually be life-changing, but the ability to think clearly and to feel what I feel instead of letting the news or social media sweep me up has been a total game changer. And then it comes down to what do I do before I go to bed? Before I go to bed, I have the best nightly routine. I check all of my kids and I do a little prayer at the door.

You ask how something so small could actually be life-changing, but the ability to think clearly and to feel what I feel instead of letting the news or social media sweep me up has been a total game changer. And then it comes down to what do I do before I go to bed? Before I go to bed, I have the best nightly routine. I check all of my kids and I do a little prayer at the door.

On weeknights, we'll read a few pages of whatever book I'm reading. I'll have a cup of herbal tea and I'll take a few deep breaths. Every single day of my life, I am ripping through the day. I go from meeting to meeting to meeting without a breath. I deal with mostly problems and I could go to bed checking emails and making lists, wound up for the following day.

On weeknights, we'll read a few pages of whatever book I'm reading. I'll have a cup of herbal tea and I'll take a few deep breaths. Every single day of my life, I am ripping through the day. I go from meeting to meeting to meeting without a breath. I deal with mostly problems and I could go to bed checking emails and making lists, wound up for the following day.