Entrepreneurial Mindset

Future You

The Universe Gave Me a Pop Quiz. I Almost Failed It

Feb 1, 2026

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9 min read

The Universe Gave Me a Pop Quiz. I Almost Failed It

The Integration Experiment: Closing the Gap Between Knowing and Living

Kasey Jones

Client Experience

"Once I figure this out, then I'll..." — the most dangerous sentence in your business

Jan 11, 2026

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13 min read

"Once I figure this out, then I'll..." — the most dangerous sentence in your business

The goalposts keep moving. The 'right time' never comes. And you stay exactly where you are.

Kasey Jones

Future You

Dec 28, 2025

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12 min read

9 Questions to Find Your Annual Theme (and forget resolutions)

30 minutes and a year of clearer decisions

Kasey Jones

Future You

Dec 26, 2025

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13 min read

Why New Year's Resolutions Keep You Stuck (And What I Do Instead)

One decision that makes a thousand decisions easier.

Kasey Jones

Entrepreneurial Mindset

Dec 21, 2025

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14 min read

Why going out on your own didn't give you the freedom you expected (And the cage you rebuilt without realizing it)

What made you 'difficult' as an employee makes you invaluable now. So why are you still hiding it?

Kasey Jones

Business Systems

Dec 7, 2025

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14 min read

The true cost of wrong-fit clients (it goes far deeper than money)

The real problem isn't the hours. It's what the hours are going toward.

Kasey Jones

Business Systems

Why Staying Busy Keeps You Broke (And What You're Really Avoiding)

Nov 30, 2025

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11 min read

Why Staying Busy Keeps You Broke (And What You're Really Avoiding)

I just got off a call with someone running 5 business models. All failing. I gave him the clear path. He added a 6th instead. This isn't about him—it's about all of us.

Kasey Jones

Premium Positioning

Nov 23, 2025

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10 min read

The Hidden Cost of Saying Yes to Everyone (And how wrong-fit work destroys confidence and growth)

It isn't just time. It's your confidence, your systems, and every opportunity you don't have space for

Kasey Jones

Business Systems

🏔️ Essentialist CEO: Why 2026 is the tipping point for fractional leadership (and how to make it work for you)

Nov 7, 2025

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8 min read

🏔️ Essentialist CEO: Why 2026 is the tipping point for fractional leadership (and how to make it work for you)

A closer look at what’s driving the rise — and how to get ahead of it.

Kasey Jones

Business Systems

🏔️ Essentialist CEO: Why 95% of entrepreneurs quit (and the 5 pillars that keep you in the game)

Nov 2, 2025

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17 min read

🏔️ Essentialist CEO: Why 95% of entrepreneurs quit (and the 5 pillars that keep you in the game)

The diagnostic framework that helped me survive—and what I learned from taking a day job

Kasey Jones

Business Systems

🏔️ Essentialist CEO: The Rare Skill That Separates Confused Consultants from Thriving CEOs

Sep 18, 2025

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7 min read

🏔️ Essentialist CEO: The Rare Skill That Separates Confused Consultants from Thriving CEOs

(this is how you start making REAL and MEASURABLE progress)

Kasey Jones

Business Systems

🏔️ Essentialist CEO: Why smart entrepreneurs choose busy work over breakthrough (and stay below $10k/month)

Sep 14, 2025

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12 min read

🏔️ Essentialist CEO: Why smart entrepreneurs choose busy work over breakthrough (and stay below $10k/month)

The real reason you're "too busy" for foundation work isn't time. It's that breakthrough work requires terrifying commitment.

Kasey Jones

Business Systems

🏔️ Essentialist CEO: Why Following "Proven" Formulas Keeps Us Stuck (And What Successful Entrepreneurs Do Instead)

Sep 7, 2025

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15 min read

🏔️ Essentialist CEO: Why Following "Proven" Formulas Keeps Us Stuck (And What Successful Entrepreneurs Do Instead)

I spent months lost in other people's strategies until I remembered a NASA truth that changed everything...

Kasey Jones

Personal Growth

Sep 4, 2025

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15 min read

The hardest business decision I've made (and why my body forced it)

After 5 weeks at Wizly, I left because my nervous system was screaming. Here's what I learned about trusting your instincts over expert advice...

Kasey Jones

Premium Positioning

🏔️ Essentialist CEO: The Corporate Conditioning That's Killing Your Income

Aug 31, 2025

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13 min read

(you don’t need more ambition... you need more of this...)

Kasey Jones

Managing Overwhelm

+10

Jul 6, 2025

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12 min read

🏔Solo CEO mindset: The Scarcity Trap: Why 83% of Consultants Design Businesses That Exhaust Them

The mindset shift that transforms desperate hustlers into strategic CEOs—without losing your drive

Kasey Jones

Business Systems

Jun 29, 2025

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9 min read

🏔️ Solo CEO mindset: Your AI Anxiety Is Costing You Clients (And How to Turn Fear Into Your Competitive Edge)

(the mindset shift that transforms AI from threat to superpower)

Kasey Jones

Business Systems

Jun 22, 2025

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11 min read

🏔️ Solo CEO mindset: The Psychology Behind Tech Overwhelm (And How to Break Free)

The uncomfortable truth about why we buy tools (hint: it's not to solve business problems)

Kasey Jones

Business Systems

Jun 19, 2025

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8 min read

🏔️ Solo CEO skillset: How a $10k/month consultant builds a lean tech stack

(Avoiding the trap of tech overload and picking the tools that serve YOU)

Kasey Jones

Sales

Jun 15, 2025

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10 min read

🏔️ Essentialist CEO: The Outreach Paradox: Why Smart People Sabotage Their Own Success

The body-based fear that keeps brilliant entrepreneurs hiding (and the journaling practice that dissolves it)

Kasey Jones

Entrepreneurial Mindset

The Universe Gave Me a Pop Quiz. I Almost Failed It

"Once I figure this out, then I'll..." — the most dangerous sentence in your business

9 Questions to Find Your Annual Theme (and forget resolutions)

Why New Year's Resolutions Keep You Stuck (And What I Do Instead)

Why going out on your own didn't give you the freedom you expected (And the cage you rebuilt without realizing it)

The true cost of wrong-fit clients (it goes far deeper than money)

Why Staying Busy Keeps You Broke (And What You're Really Avoiding)

The Hidden Cost of Saying Yes to Everyone (And how wrong-fit work destroys confidence and growth)

🏔️ Essentialist CEO: Why 2026 is the tipping point for fractional leadership (and how to make it work for you)

🏔️ Essentialist CEO: Why 95% of entrepreneurs quit (and the 5 pillars that keep you in the game)

🏔️ Essentialist CEO: The Rare Skill That Separates Confused Consultants from Thriving CEOs

🏔️ Essentialist CEO: Why smart entrepreneurs choose busy work over breakthrough (and stay below $10k/month)

🏔️ Essentialist CEO: Why Following "Proven" Formulas Keeps Us Stuck (And What Successful Entrepreneurs Do Instead)

The hardest business decision I've made (and why my body forced it)

🏔️ Essentialist CEO: The Corporate Conditioning That's Killing Your Income

The Hidden Cost of Playing Small Online (And How Embracing 'Cringe' Transforms Your Entire Business)

🏔️ Solo CEO skillset: The 30-Day $10k Client Challenge for Expert Consultants

🏔️ Solo CEO mindset: Why 'professional' entrepreneurs stay broke (and what to do instead)

🏔️ Solo CEO mindset: Why Expert Knowledge Kills Sales (And How to Fix It)

🏔️ Solo CEO skillset: Mastering the habits of a $10k/month entrepreneur consultant

🏔Solo CEO mindset: The Scarcity Trap: Why 83% of Consultants Design Businesses That Exhaust Them

🏔️ Solo CEO mindset: Your AI Anxiety Is Costing You Clients (And How to Turn Fear Into Your Competitive Edge)

🏔️ Solo CEO mindset: The Psychology Behind Tech Overwhelm (And How to Break Free)

🏔️ Solo CEO skillset: How a $10k/month consultant builds a lean tech stack

🏔️ Essentialist CEO: The Outreach Paradox: Why Smart People Sabotage Their Own Success

Hi, I’m Kasey Jones and this is Essentialist CEO.