Oct 27
The mask I stopped wearing
Seven years ago, most workdays started with 20 minutes in front of the mirror applying makeup.
1 min read
Marissa Brassfield
Trusted advisor, simplifier, and loving catalyst of your biggest and best initiatives. Discovering how to stretch time, maximize ease, and optimize work-life alignment.
Oct 20
Nobody decided this
At dinner one night, I asked Mike who he did his homework with as a kid.
2 min read
Oct 13
The pebble in your shoe
Once I finally asked about it, it was cancer, and removed fully from my body within 4 weeks.
2 min read
Sep 29
We don't grow at the same pace
Last year a client triggered me into my own growth. This year the client came back and I was ready. The surprise was who needed to grow this time.
2 min read
Sep 28
Signs You've Outgrown Your Career: What the Restlessness Is Telling You
Restlessness in a role that looks good on paper is information. Here are the signs you've outgrown your career, plus a seven-step audit to run this week.
8 min read
Sep 25
AI Writing That Sounds Like You: The Voice-Integrity Method
AI writing that sounds like you begins with your own real words, retrieved first, so the machine fills in around your voice instead of inventing it.
7 min read
Sep 23
Going Fractional After Corporate: The Identity Work Before the Logistics
Going fractional after corporate? Pricing and positioning fail when your identity hasn't caught up to the title you left. The identity work comes first.
9 min read
Sep 22
The familiar hell and the 12-month question
The known misery has stopped making a case for itself. One question forces the comparison it keeps avoiding.
2 min read
Sep 21
Why AI Pilots Fail: The Behavior Layer Underneath the 95% Number
MIT found 95% of generative AI pilots produce no P&L return. The reason sits under the tool, in the habit layer running the workday.
8 min read
Sep 18
Energy Management vs Time Management: A Field Guide
A practitioner's field guide to energy management vs time management, built on Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz's four-dimension framework and one workweek.
7 min read
Sep 16
I Run a Company, a Household, and an AI Fleet: An Entrepreneur Mother's Operating System
How I use entrepreneur mom AI to run a company and a household on a 3.5-day workweek, with a fleet of agents carrying recurring work.
8 min read
Sep 15
A reason, a season, or a lifetime
The old saying is a sorting question. Every relationship the clearing left standing is serving one of the three.
2 min read