When I first launched SystemsRock, I never would have believed it if someone told me that being a business owner was going to bring up the same issues I was facing in my personal life. Running my company was going to be an amazing experience that I enjoyed from the comfort of my home. Yes, I’d have to be more disciplined now that I was in control. But I never...

It’s not systems. Well, not entirely. Honestly, I never thought this was going to be the key.  I had no idea! In fact, when I started SystemsRock, I believed all I had to do was become the very best in my field and master the art of getting people to my site. A steady stream of clients would be coming my way once everyone understood my expertise and visited my...

*I Have a System* I bet you’ve heard from someone you admire that their secret to achieving something exciting is in the system they’ve created. If they’ve shared the system with you, you probably noticed that it didn’t necessarily involve technology or complex diagrams. In fact, the “system” was really just a sequence of...

Do you remember your first fantasies of entrepreneurship? You probably imagined working productively in the comfort of your own home, having time to regularly exercise and finishing early to enjoy free time with your family and yourself. Life would be so balanced and lovely. But. . . . As it turns out, you’re overwhelmingly busy just trying to keep your company...

When I started my business, I still had a day job and was taking a Dutch course (because I’d just moved to Belgium), running a household and caring for my 9-month-old baby boy who was an early—and incredibly fast—walker...