No. 32 of the MaxLife Reflection Series · prints to one 8.5 × 11 page · 3-hole-punch ready
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From Busy to Visionary: The Shift Every Entrepreneur Must Make with Liz Hartke

Companion to the MaxLife episode with Liz Hartke

Leadership coach Liz Hartke says the busy entrepreneur and the visionary run on the same hours, the difference is which work they protect.

▶ Watch the full episode with Liz Hartke for deeper context on how to approach these questions
01

What Your Days Vote For

If someone you've never met read your last two weeks of calendar and to-do lists, what would they guess you care about most, and how far is that from what you'd actually say you care about?

02

Easy But Heavy

There's work you keep doing because it's simple and pays off fast, even though it quietly drains you. What's the one task you keep saying yes to that's easy to do but heavy to carry?

I keep doing ___ because it's easy money or an easy win, but it weighs on me every time.
03

Two Versions, One Gap

Imagine the kind of person you'd want your family and friends to describe at the very end. Now picture what they'd honestly say if it ended today. What's the biggest thing in the space between those two?

04

Scared Or Steady

When you're scared you only see threats inside the box and react to them. When you're steady you can think bigger. Right now, are you mostly protecting what you've got, or building what's next, and what's one fear quietly driving the protecting?

Afraid of losing what I builtAfraid of looking like a fraudAfraid of a slow or down seasonAfraid of letting people downAfraid the calmer day never comesAfraid of who I'd be without the busy
05

One Block You Take Back

There's one hard-but-light thing you keep putting off, the one that scares you a little but would leave you lighter once it's done. Name it, then name the one hour this week you'll block off for it and guard like it's your most important meeting.

None of this is about doing more. It's about catching the moment you trade the work that lifts you for the work that just keeps the lights on, and choosing differently while it still counts. The gap you found today isn't a verdict on you. It's a map. Walk one step of it this week and the rest gets clearer.
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