December 23rd is the most dangerous day of the year for a business owner. The inbox slows down. The team checks out. You feel a sense of relief. But if you are using this downtime to "rest" without a plan in place, you aren't recharging—you are delaying the chaos of January. Real 2026 business growth  doesn't come from working harder when everyone else returns in January. It comes from building the systems now  that make hard work unnecessary later. Most businesses don’t fail

Let’s clear something up right away. Most businesses are not  using AI. What’s actually happening is this: A few individuals inside companies are dabbling with AI. Asking it questions. Using it like a glorified Google search. And then leadership looks around and says, “We tried AI. It didn’t really do much.” That’s not AI failing. That’s adoption failing. If you’ve been wondering how to use AI in your business effectively , the issue isn’t the technology — it’s fear, friction

Most leadership meetings are a waste of time. There — someone finally said it. They’re too long. Too unfocused. Too full of updates that don’t matter. And everyone leaves wondering: “Why did we even meet?” If your team walks out of meetings unclear, unmotivated, or unaccountable, that’s not a people problem — it’s a meeting problem. If you’ve been trying to figure out how to run leadership meetings that actually get results , here’s the blueprint. Why Most Meetings Fail Let’s