Staci Millard | 🇨🇦 Accountant & Community Builder

I just got back from Growth Lab, hosted by the incredible @karenhstewart, in Calgary and I’m still processing how much it shifted my perspective. I sat in a room with some seriously high performers - people who’ve had exits and are already restarting, people casually talking about opening three new locations and renovating two others, all in a single quarter. Wild!

What also really stuck with me was that nobody took a single picture. No one was worried about posting, about the internet, about optics. These are people who do marketing for their own businesses, and still, not one photo. It was such a good reminder that sometimes we get so caught up in what we think has to be done that we lose sight of what’s actually important.

This mastermind felt more like a CEO day than anything else. We were heads-down in our own businesses, asking for help only where we actually needed it. A lot of us already know what we need to do. We just get stuck in the day-to-day and don’t do it.

My biggest takeaway was that even high performers struggle with time management and getting stuck in the weeds. We have to stop beating ourselves up about it (it’s just a waste of energy) and just keep moving forward.

Huge thanks to Karen for leading this incredibly. I can’t wait to have her on the podcast in a few weeks, so stay tuned for that amazing conversation!

[business mastermind reflections, CEO mindset tips, small business growth strategy, entrepreneur time management, high performer business habits, business owner burnout and focus]