My grandmother used to say, “Opinions are like assholes. Everybody has one and they’re mostly full of shit.” Man, do I miss her.

Empower them correctly and you will have a PR team who will help you navigate deftly through the tricky waters of friendliness and approachability in your growing organization while keeping you just far enough above the line-of-fire that takes many CEOs out.

Still mostly male. Still mostly White. Still mostly (socially) clueless. But still really, really good at making the decisions that continue to move business and innovation forward and evolving the world in some way, every day.

Quickly move from concept to final product. Build a dream team to help run the company. Find and mine relevant industry connections. Get customers. Make money and build credibility as a must-have product. IPO, sell, and move on to next idea.

Often, we forget that there is a human being on the subject end of the CEO title.

Business, as a whole, is really no different. In fact, business shares the same underlying themes and motivations: money, power, and the quest for legacy and ubiquity. And like football, the stakes are high and based almost solely on a team’s ability to win consistently and, thus, bring in profits.

Okay, let’s nip this shit in the bud, right now. There is no, true, work/life balance. It doesn’t exist, people. The phrase du jour is work/life integration. (Thanks, Jeff Bezos.) In today’s work environment, it’s nearly impossible to find a balance between work and your personal life without some sort of overlap.

I’m a huge believer that you should approach your role not as a “worker” but as the CEO of your own small business.

We Wait Too Long to Train Our Leaders