The Fire Starter Sessions: A Soulful + Practical Guide to Creating Success on Your Own Terms

You know stuff that other people don’t know. And when you know stuff that other people do not, you’re in a position to be of service. Ideally, you want to be of service to others in a way that feeds your spirit.

You leverage what you already know with what turns you on. Your insight + a passion project = hell, yes!

“Okay, let me be you for a minute. I’m going to just state the facts,” I told her, about to do some branding kung fu on her empire. “I have an athletic performance company called Power Racing. My coaching team and I design training programs for athletes…mostly Ironman competitors, but we do take on other types of cross athletes—and from anywhere in

And that’s the stride—the life cycle of talent and return that I’ve been angling for my whole working life. I want the “privilege of a lifetime,” as Joseph Campbell called it, “of being myself.”

I learned what it meant to pick my battles, and I couldn’t bear to battle with my instincts anymore.

Look at Madonna. She’s consistently reinventing herself. Reinvention is her brand. When you consistently and genuinely show up, you build trust.

You want to make $150K? Great. How many units do you need to ship? What project will put you on the map for a raise? How many clients do you need to service? What does your profit margin need to be? What

I’m Jane Smith, the founder and CEO of Wild Widgets. Industrial Magazine named us Top Widget Maker of the Midwest, which was a huge honor in our business. I’ve scaled back from six to two staff and am looking to build

If you love what you do and believe that it’s going to make a positive difference in people’s lives—whether it’s your wedding photography, your coaching methodology, your end-cancer campaign, or your gadget invention—then you, my friend, are ahead of the game. You’re light-years down the path from the sorry sods who don’t even dare to dream.