The Real Cost of Saying Yes: Why Subtraction Creates More Than Addition Ever Will
Every yes carries an invisible no. Learn why strategic subtraction creates more capacity than adding more strategies, hacks, and tools.
At a Crossroads?
AI and remote work just opened a 5-year window to redesign your work life from first principles. Most experienced professionals are too busy grinding to see it passing them by.
I help successful consultants, contractors, and corporate professionals build lifestyle-first businesses that generate serious income on your terms before this window closes.
Since November 2022, I've personally coached 500+ professionals through this exact transition while co-founding CTOx and working a 3.5-day workweek for 3 years running.
The business models exist. The technology is here. The market is ready. The only variable is: how fast can you adapt?
Subscribe for weekly actionable insights:
Trusted By
Marissa is a force multiplier. She has coached and taught me so many skills throughout the past 10 years to increase my productivity, expand my perspective, and sharpen my strengths and priorities as a founder and a mom. She has turbocharged TFF and our entrepreneurs, and is an ally for anyone wanting to make a dent in the universe.
Christine Gould, 2x Founder & Author
I've worked with Marissa for over a decade. The quality of my life, my work, my businesses, creative endeavors, and my relationships with those I care about most have improved significantly as a direct result of her advice. If you have a chance to work with and know this gem of a human, take it. Your life, career, and soul will be glad you did.
Ryan Rhoades, Creative Director & Author
Marissa exemplifies ridiculously efficient leadership, unmatched communication prowess, and a relentless focus on living a balanced lifestyle. She is an excellent teacher, coach and mentor who helped me dramatically improve my writing, management, client relation, and creative process skills and systems. I'm extremely grateful.
Maxwell Goldberg, Chief of Staff & Podcaster
Marissa is the epitome of what it means to be ridiculously efficient. Since Day 1 I was impressed with Marissa's innate ability to tell meaningful stories, help people see a bigger future for themselves, and create actionable strategies to help people get there. I now save at least an hour every week just by adopting one scheduling technique.
Sydney Fulkerson, Investor & Founder
Start here: Essential Reading
Building Business Around Life (Not Life Around Business)
I was pumping breastmilk on an all-day strategy session. That's when everything changed. Stop fitting life into work's leftovers. Here's how I did it.
When You've Outgrown the Container: Why Growth Means Letting Go
Sometimes the container that got you here is holding you back. You know the feeling. A situation that used to energize you now leaves you drained.
Energy Audit vs Time Management: Why Your Calendar Is Lying to You
Time management assumes you're a machine. Energy auditing recognizes you're human.
The Vision-Execution Gap: Why Your Body Knows Before Your Mind Does
Your body has been trying to tell you for months that something fundamental isn't working.
Body Wisdom as Business Data: Your Sophisticated Early Warning System
Your body has been sending you memos for months. What if they're actually sophisticated business intelligence you've been trained to ignore?
I Stopped Waiting to Feel Ready—Here’s What Happened Next (Six Habits to Become Your Future Self)
A year ago, I was sitting in the messy middle. Not at rock bottom, not thriving. I could see the
Reinventing Your Leadership Path: Outgrowing the Role You Once Loved
There’s a quiet revolution happening among senior tech leaders—and if you’re reading this, there’s a good
Latest Insights
Nov 25
Stop Hating On Mondays -- That's When Workers are Most Productive
It turns out Mondays aren't so bad after all. A new study from the UK conducted by Microsoft
1 min read
Nov 25
Hiding From Your Boss Will Actually Boost Productivity
We currently live in a time when managers and employees don't have walls dividing them. Instead, managers work
2 min read
Nov 25
Religion in the Workplace Can Help Employee Engagement and Productivity
There might just be a place for religion in the workplace after all. A new study found that work environments
1 min read
Nov 25
The Linear Calendar is Perfect for Entrepreneurs
A regular calendar has us looking at our time as a grid. But time flows--hour into hour, day into day--and
1 min read
Nov 24
Filmmaker Shane Salerno on Productivity
Filmmaker Shane Salerno is famous for working on multiple projects at the same time. With his recent Salinger project, Salerno
2 min read
Nov 23
Is Email an Outdated Form of Technology?
Email consumes our lives. When it comes to productivity, email is like the plague. We spend uncounted hours per month
1 min read
Nov 22
How to Enforce Downtime When 80 'Things' Per Second Connect to the Internet
Now, more than ever, our world is online. With more than 80 "things" per second connecting to the
1 min read
Nov 22
The Average Worker is Only Productive for 3 Hours a Day
There are 24 hours in a day and a traditional job has most people working for eight of those hours.
1 min read
Nov 22
Dell's CEO Wants Half His Employees to Work From Home
There's been a new trend in Silicon Valley with large companies like Yahoo and HP asking each and
1 min read
Nov 22
Want to Become More Productive? Get a Desk Plant
Sitting in an office all day can have you dreaming about going on a nature hike, or even just spending
1 min read
Nov 22
The Average American Leaves 12 Unused Vacation Days a Year
A new survey from discount travel site Hotwire.com found that the average American worker will have 12 unused paid
2 min read
Nov 21
Alex and Ani: The Value of Hard Work
For a company that has gone from sales of $4.5 million in 2010 to $200 million in 2013, the
1 min read