I believe owning a small business can be the most rewarding game out there.

Hey, I'm Geoff, and I'm on a mission to help small business owners across the US enjoy relaxed control of their lives and businesses.

When I bought Date Line Digital Printing in 2005, I bought a job.

My mindset in those days was simple: if I buy this place, I get to keep my job.

I was young, naive, and legitimately unprepared for what I was getting myself into, but I can't spend a moment regretting any of it because the past 20-ish years have been a remarkable education.

Along the way I learned a lot about myself, about how to lead, about how to make incredible messes, about service, and about how to manage myself when the demands of my small business pushed me to my limits.

(I also learned that no one in the "real world" really understands what it's like at the helm of a small business. Many think they do, but they don't.)

Dozens of coffee and lunch dates with other small business owners revealed that most of the things I was learning the hardest way possible – like how to bring order to the chaos and how to prioritize my most important work – were valuable insights to other small business owners who also recognized that we share a very unique experience.

Those informal conversations – conversations that were accidental rehearsals for my future coaching work – revealed a simple, but profoundly frustrating truth: owning a small business can be incredibly overwhelmning and it's easy to find yourself focused on all the wrong things.

They also revealed that I knew how to help owners overcome the overwhelm they were experiencing.

And so a second business was born.

A decade after asking that first client if they needed a coach, helping small business owners regain relaxed control of their life and business remains an absolute joy.

I'd love to chat with you about how I may be able to help you fundamentally change your relationship with your business. It might be the most hope-filled conversation you have this week.