Ali's Blog - Outside of the Circle

What if the thing you are struggling with or feeling stuck with could be the gateway to change your life for the better?  

Life, work, careers, business and any other aspect of life you can think of,...

I first started to seriously think about how to change my life to live, work, and do business on my own terms in a way that felt fulfilling and meaningful to me over 20 years ago. 

At that time, it f...

There is a problem with the way we often focus on progress. And it is this:

We often expect ourselves to deliver progress at the same pace and level, every day, week, and month throughout the year.

Every year I assign one week at different times throughout the year to have no meetings or appointments and create a clear schedule.

It creates more time, focus, and energy to dive into things that m...

When you want to create change in your life, work, or business, it is important to be aware of common mistakes that many people make. 

That knowledge and awareness can help you proactively avoid maki...

We all experience storms of some kind in our lives, work, or business at some stage. 

They can feel overwhelming and difficult to deal with. 

For times when you are dealing with a storm in your pers...

I used to have a “successful” corporate career (based on the conventional definition of success). 

And yet, it didn’t feel fulfilling or meaningful to me. As a result, I started to question what succ...

If you would like to feel less busy, less overwhelmed, and have more time and energy for the things that matter most to you in your life, work, or business, it is time to clear your path of the things...

If there is one thing I have learned over the last 20 years of creating change to design each new chapter in my life, work, or business, it is that the path is never linear.

Setbacks happen, often at...

At regular intervals throughout the year, I take myself through a Back to Basics process. My definition of what going back to basics means is this:  

Being laser focused on the specific factors, task...

Creating change successfully can feel hard, uncomfortable, and like a mountain to climb. That can leave you feeling stuck and overwhelmed.    

At times like that, it is useful to focus on factors tha...

Feelings of fear are common when you want to create change, design a new chapter of life, or set a new goal for yourself.

Often, our instinct is to retreat from fear as a form of self protection. Thi...