BT Solutions Group

C-level expertise and perspective—without the full-time cost, hiring risk, or bandwidth strain.

I help founders, owners, and investors fix what’s broken, unlock growth, and build what’s needed to scale—faster, smarter, and leaner.

Who I Work With
✅ Startups with traction
✅ SMBs hitting ceilings—$1M to $10M
✅ Companies at $10M to $30M looking to reach $50M to $100M
✅ Founder-led orgs ready to scale
✅ PE & VC firms needing hands-on execution, EBITDA growth & value creation

As a Fractional COO and Advisor, I work in two ways:
• Hands-on leadership — stepping in as operator, integrator, or execution partner
→ 5–20 hours/week · 2–4 clients max · Monthly retainers
• Strategic advisory — providing clarity, planning, and decision-making support
→ 5–10 hours/month · 4–8 clients max · Monthly retainers

When needed, I scale through my trusted network—bringing in the right experts for Tech, HR, IT, Sales, Supply Chain, and more.

 Areas I support most:
🔹 Ops, Sales, Biz Dev, HR, Org Design, P&L, and Value Creation
🔹 Full P&L oversight—forecasting, modeling, KPIs, cost control, and funding readiness

Key Accomplishments
✅ Scaled a CPG distribution business from $0 to $100M ARR
✅ Reduced $20M in leases by 90% & turned $15M fleet liability into $2M profit
✅ Built GTM & investor-ready financials for startup beverage brand
✅ Created GTM plan for $10M Food Company 
✅ Cut costs 28% & grew subscribers 14x for $4M wellness e-com brand
✅ Built ops roadmap for $15M SaaS startup
✅ Ran in-house agency ops—brand, digital, content, and media

How I Drive Results
✔ Remove bottlenecks & unlock scale
✔ Strategic & financial leadership—P&L, KPIs, capital
✔ Build scalable systems & execution discipline
✔ Drive growth through GTM, sales, and business development

🔧 The OPTICS System™
Works with any framework (incl. EOS) to:
• Diagnose constraints
• Uncover growth levers
• Build scale-ready infrastructure
• Align teams & drive execution

📩 Let’s get you fixed.

Real work. Real results.

Fractional COO/Operator | Founder & CEO

Snake River Spirits

Investor-Led Turnaround | Fractional COO → F/T CEO & Board Member

Brought in by major investors to fix execution, cut costs, and reposition this liquor company after it burned through $12M in funding with no clear path forward. Transitioned from Fractional COO role to CEO and took full P&L ownership to drive profitability and restore investor confidence.

🔹 Key Wins:
✅ 2X EBITDA Growth – Increased margins through cost-cutting & operational efficiencies
✅ $2M in cost reductions – Eliminated waste & streamlined operations
✅ 2X revenue growth – Repositioned business to own key markets
✅ 2X new retail & distributor placements – Strengthened key relationships
✅ Secured $6M in new funding ($3M debt / $3M equity) – Backed by turnaround execution
✅ Expanded product portfolio – Launched innovation pipeline to drive future growth
✅ Fully restored investor confidence

💡 Proven expertise in value creation, financial strategy, and investor-driven turnarounds. Today I apply these hard-won experiences and skills towards being a Fractional Ops & Strategic Growth leader for startups, SMBs & investor-backed companies.

President and CEO/Board Member

Catapult Partners

COO & Strategic Growth Advisor | Value Creation for Investor-Backed Businesses ($0-$30M)

Led turnarounds, repositioning, and operational scaling across five investor-backed companies, including three startups and two SMBs ($10M & $30M ARR). Focused on driving efficiency, structuring growth, and advising on financial strategy and P&L management to improve forecasting, controls, and profitability—leading to investor confidence.

🔹 Key Wins From Select Engagements:
✅ 2X EBITDA growth – Expanded margins through cost optimization & operational efficiencies
✅ 30% efficiency gains – Cut waste, streamlined execution, and improved scalability
✅ 42% revenue growth – Scaled operations & negotiated growth-driving contracts
✅ Implemented 5X scalable infrastructure – Built CRM, ERP, BI systems for growth
✅ Led market repositioning – Expanded customer base & improved margins

🔹 Industries these companies operated in:
CPG & Beverage | E-Commerce | Supply Chain & Distribution | Health & Beauty | Medical Device

💡 Proven value creation—optimizing operations, driving EBITDA growth, and maximizing enterprise value. Today I apply these hard-won experiences and skills towards being a Fractional Ops & Strategic Growth leader for startups, SMBs & investor-backed companies.

COO  

We Pack Logistics

COO | Multi-Industry SMB Leadership (7 Companies, $100M+ Revenue, Family-Owned Businesses)

Led transformation across seven SMB & LMM businesses (including We Pack Logistics) under the HWH parent company, driving significant growth, profitability, and operational efficiency while overseeing P&L, financial strategy, and capital allocation across diverse industries.

🔹 Select Achievements:
✅ 3X revenue growth & 90% EBITDA increase – Diversified customer base and offerings while optimizing operations, streamlining processes & reducing inefficiencies
✅ 40% profitability boost – Diversified client base & secured Fortune 500/global contracts
✅ 20% efficiency gains – Digitally transformed operations (ERP, WMS, TMS, CRM), improving inventory accuracy & reducing errors

🔹 Industries these businesses operated in:
Food & Beverage | CPG & Distribution | Logistics & Supply Chain | Manufacturing & Contract Packaging | Warehousing, Engineering & Construction

💡 These experiences provided the equivalent of a "PHD" in operating SMBs and shaped my expertise in fixing, scaling, and optimizing businesses—experience I now bring to startups, SMBs & investor-backed companies as a Fractional Ops and Strategic Growth leader.

President of We Pack Logistics & COO of HWH Companies (Holding Co.)

Talking Rain Beverage Company®

Sales & Distribution Expansion | Sparkling Ice

Led sales growth during explosive expansion, scaling distribution and optimizing retail authorizations for national reach.

✔ 10X+ revenue growth – Built a 130-distributor network, streamlining national sales
✔ Reorganized & scaled sales team to align operations with surging demand
✔ Secured key retail placements, strengthening distribution partnerships

💡 Helped Sparkling Ice transition from a regional brand to a nationally recognized market leader.

Director of Sales

Red Bull

Pioneering Red Bull’s U.S. Distribution Model

One of the first U.S. employees at Red Bull, pioneered the company-owned distribution model, scaling operations, and leading P&L for three high-growth distribution businesses.

🔹 Key Achievements:
✔ Built & scaled two distribution businesses, growing from $0 to $30M and $3M to $40M ARR
✔ Optimized operations & increased EBITDA 2-3X through efficiency & profitability improvements
✔ Developed infrastructure & best practices that fueled national expansion

💡 This experience shaped my passion and expertise for building, scaling, and optimizing businesses and GTM strategies —skills I now apply as a Fractional Ops & Strategic Growth leader.

General Manager

Fractional Executive Leader / Advisor / Consultant

🚀 I’ve built and scaled businesses from $0 to $100M.

Now I help founders, owners, operators, and investors grow companies in the $0–$30M range — faster, leaner, and smarter.

As a Fractional COO / Operator & Advisor, I help businesses scale by fixing what’s broken, unlocking what’s next, and building what’s needed — across ops, sales, biz dev, org design, execution, EBITDA, and value creation.

💡 Who I Work With

✅ Startups with early traction trying to scale
✅ SMBs hitting a ceiling — what worked at $1M is breaking by $10M
✅ Companies pushing toward $30M — what got them here won’t get them to $50M or $100M
✅ Founder-led businesses looking to step out of the weeds
✅ PE & VC firms needing a trusted operator across portcos — bringing clarity, execution, EBITDA growth & value creation

🔧 My proprietary OPTICS System™ plugs directly into a business to: 

• Uncover bottlenecks
• Identify untapped growth
• Build the infrastructure, accountability, and execution needed to scale
• Reposition the company and provide a clear GTM plan

It works alongside any framework — including EOS — to accelerate progress and bring strategy to life.

🧠 Strategy + Execution = Results

Most consultants deliver frameworks with no follow-through.
Most operators execute but can’t design scalable strategy.
I do both — and make sure they work together.

✔ Strategic planning, positioning & growth clarity
✔ Execution, systems & accountability
✔ Biz dev, sales team buildout & GTM that drives revenue

🛠 How I Drive Results

✔ 360 audits & execution roadmaps
✔ Operational clarity + team alignment
✔ GTM execution & revenue acceleration
✔ EBITDA growth, value creation & margin expansion
✔ P&L, forecasting & capital planning
✔ EOS-compatible — I can plug into or alongside any system
✔ I step in as a true Integrator when needed

📊 Industry Experience

🛒 CPG & Beverage — Built national distributor networks. Led GTM, sales, ops, and growth for brands like Red Bull, Sparkling Ice, Alani Nu, and Prime.
📦 E-commerce, Fulfillment & Marketing — Scaled subscription ops, overhauled fulfillment, led in-house marketing agencies and external partners, and tied brand + media to revenue.
🏭 Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Commercialization — Oversaw and scaled manufacturing companies, restructured production floors, and led product dev, sourcing, co-manufacturing, logistics, pricing, trade marketing & distribution — from idea to shelf.

📩 If growth is stalling, ops are messy, or scale feels out of reach — let’s fix it.

Real work. Real results.

Bill Mattoon

Award-Winning PR & Brand Advisor | Build Global Recognition & Demand | Forbes-Featured | 32M+ Reach | Ex: News Executive, Press US Congress |

Turn offline expertise into online recognition so capital, stages, partnerships, and press come to you.

My team advises public figures and legacy brands around the globe. To date, clients have earned $3M+ in international media from our work.

Is this you?

You’re not an influencer, you’re a thought leader. 
You can’t afford to be misquoted, unseen, or misinterpreted.

Competitors are dominating the digital conversation in your industry.

If that’s you, welcome to your next level. In high-stakes spaces, silence gets filled by whoever is more visible. 

We make sure it’s you on LinkedIn, in the media, and beyond.

Clients call me when:
— The board says, “It’s time to be visible.”
— The media starts calling.
— The moment demands market leadership not optics.

Career highlights:

• Forbes-featured as communications and LinkedIn Expert
• Award-winning journalist (NYT Regional Group, TV, radio)
• Media strategist to U.S. Congress members, Fortune 500, Elite academia
• Advisor to six- and seven-figure leaders on visibility, brand narrative, positioning
• Google News Initiative / LION Publishers alum
• Favikon Who’s Who in Influence 2025
• Featured on a Times Square billboard as a top expert (2025)
• Best PR Firms in Orlando, Florida (Expertise)
• US Congressional Record (Hispanic Heritage Month) (Women's International Month)

This isn’t vanity. It’s velocity.
Let’s put your name where it belongs, ahead of the conversation.

Iza Montalvo 🧲

I wrote this as a reminder for myself.
Maybe you needed it too.

Everyone’s waiting for the right time.
That’s why most never start.

If success doesn’t wait
why are you?

The next quarter.
The right mood.
The perfect plan.

They never come.

Success keeps moving.
It doesn’t slow down.
It doesn’t care if you’re ready.

I used to plan everything
timelines, color codes, detailed notes.

It looked productive.
It wasn’t.

I told myself I was preparing.
But really, I was hiding.

The plan wasn’t the problem.
Standing still was.

When I finally started, things shifted.
Small steps.
Real work.

Progress I could see.
If you’re waiting, stop.

Do one thing today that proves you mean it.
Name the goal.
Do the work.

Finish something.
Protect your focus.

Discipline isn’t dramatic.
It’s quiet.
Certain.

Success doesn’t visit the planner.
It meets the worker.
PS: What’s the one thing you’ve been waiting to start?

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Ranked #1 in Global Branding | 35M+ Reach | 3M+ Media For Clients | Advisor To Fortune 500 & Public Figures 💎

The first hour of your day is prime real estate.
Spend it on work that moves you forward.

I see the same pattern in almost every leader and operator I work with:

They open the day with tasks that look productive, but don’t change anything.

Email.
Admin.
Quick replies.
Low-stakes work.

It feels safe.
It feels tidy.
But it doesn’t shift the needle.

The important work, the one task that demands focus or courage
gets pushed to the afternoon.

Then the afternoon fills up.
Then the task gets carried to the next day.
And the cycle repeats.

Morning is the one window where your mind is clear.
No demands.
No fires.

Use that block for the work with weight.

A project that moves the business forward.
A decision you’ve delayed.
A problem that needs thought, not speed.
A task that shapes the week, not one that fills an hour.

Block your first hour.
Protect it.

You end the day lighter.
You end the week with momentum.

If this lands, try it tomorrow: give your first hour to the task you’ve been avoiding.

Watch what shifts.

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Founder Authority Lab Open Enrollment | Personal Brand Growth for Founders | 35M+ Reach | 3M+ Media Impact 💎

You don’t need to reinvent yourself.
You just need to remember who you are.

We all reach a point in our careers where the version that got us here can’t take us where we are going next. 

For years, you built a name by persevering.
Now it’s time to be seen for leading.

That earlier version of you 

→ said yes out of loyalty, not alignment
→ stayed in rooms you’d already outgrown
→ mistook peacekeeping for professionalism
→ treated ambition like a secret

That version built safety.
But safety and visibility rarely coexist.

The next version of you demands:

• Precision over people-pleasing
• Proof over perfection
• Presence over performance

You don’t need a new story.
You just need to stop hiding inside the old one.

You can’t attract aligned opportunities
while introducing yourself as who you used to be.

If your brand voice still sounds like yesterday’s credibility,
start with your LinkedIn audit
it’s your mirror, not your résumé.

PS: The voice that built your career
isn’t the one that will build your legacy.

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Ranked #1 in Global Branding & Comms | Refining Narrative, Authority & Market Expansion For Visionaries | Ex–US Congress Comms Director

Your product is strong.
Your message isn’t and that’s what’s costing you.

You use AI to work faster.
To fix your deck.
To shape your pitch.

I use it too.

But here’s the issue in this economy:

If your message isn’t clear or unique,
AI will make you sound even more like everyone else.
The problem isn’t the tool.

It’s how you explain:

✅ the problem you solve
✅ the answer you built
✅ and who you are as a founder

Right now, the market can’t feel any of that.

Anyone can say they fix a pain point.
Anyone can claim innovation.
Anyone can show a roadmap.

But very few founders can talk about their idea in a way that makes people think:

“I haven’t heard it said like that before.”

That’s what creates separation.
And separation is what gets you meetings, partners, and funding.

Let me give you a simple example:

I worked with a tech founder last month who kept pitching with heavy jargon.
Only people in his field understood him
but the people who needed his product the most didn’t get it.

So we refined his message.

We stripped out the “company mission” no one reads anymore.
We rewrote how he explained the problem and the solution in plain language anyone could follow.

In 30 days:

🔥 he closed 2 deals
🔥 booked a big presentation
🔥 and landed media

Nothing in his product changed.
Only the way he talked about it.

Here’s the part most don’t want to admit:

You’re not showing up as the founder people expect behind a company like yours, not in panels, not in industry talks, not in the rooms where decisions get made.

This isn’t about visibility.
It’s about positioning.

The founders who rise right now do 3 things well:

👉🏽They explain the problem in a way the market sees itself in.
👉🏽They describe the solution in a way only they can.
👉🏽They show they can move the space forward not just sit in it.
👉🏽They lead conversations others avoid 

And it’s why some founders jump ahead
while others keep waiting to be noticed.

PS: If you want to stand apart from your category,
send me one sentence: your biggest messaging challenge.

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Iza Montalvo 

Ranked #1 in Global Branding | 35M+ Reach | 3M+ Media For Clients | Advisor To Fortune 500 & Public Figures | Ask Me About My 6-Week Accelerator For More Clients, Stages & Press 💫

When life feels heavy
These 7 laws make it easier to carry.

You better save this!👇🏼

1/ Kidlin’s Law
Write the problem down.
Once it’s clear, the solution begins to form.

2/ Pareto’s Law
A small set of actions drives most results.
Identify them. Focus on them.

3/ Murphy’s Law
Fear grows when you avoid the thing you fear.
Move toward it. Momentum breaks the cycle.

4/ Wilson’s Law
When you invest in learning, opportunity follows.
Knowledge builds options.

5/ Gilbert’s Law
You are responsible for the outcome.
Not the excuses, not the limits, the outcome.

6/ Falkland’s Law
If a decision isn’t required, skip it.
Save your energy for important decisions .

7/ Hick’s Law
More choices slow you down.
Limit your options. Increase your speed.

These laws don’t fix everything.
But they make life feel lighter and more manageable.

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Ranked #1 in Global Branding | 35M+ Reach | 3M+ Media For Clients | Advisor To Fortune 500 & Public Figures | I Reengineer How You’re Seen For More Clients, Stages & Press 💫

7 LAWS THAT GIVE YOU AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE

Everyone says “know your worth.”
Few say “ask for it.”

Negotiation isn’t conflict.
It’s collaboration done right. 

Steal these 7 strategies to ask for more and get it:

1/ 𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗡𝗔 (Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement)

🟢 Always know your fallback plan.
When you have a solid backup, 
you can negotiate from a place of confidence.

2/ Anchoring Effect

🟢 Lead with a strong number.
The first figure frames the entire discussion 
it’s your chance to set the tone.

3/ 𝗭𝗢𝗣𝗔 (Zone of Possible Agreement)

🟢 Find the overlap between what you want 
and what they can offer.
That’s where deals actually happen.

4/ Win-Win Agreement

🟢 Ask questions.
Find out what matters most to them.
Focus on building an outcome that works for both sides.

5/ The Power of Silence 

🟢  After you make your offer, stop talking.
Let the other person fill the silence.
It’s uncomfortable, but it shifts the momentum.

6/ Value-Based Negotiation

🟢 Talk about outcomes, not costs.
Show them how working with you solves their problems.

7/ Scarcity and Urgency 

🟢 Use time limits or exclusivity to motivate action.
Deadlines aren’t pushy, they create focus.

→You’re not squeezing the other side.
→You’re advocating for what’s fair.

PS: Which of these strategies will you try next?

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Ranked #1 in Global Branding | Turn Your LinkedIn Into a Deal-Flow Engine | Ex–US Congress Comms Director | I Fix The Gap Between Who You Are & How You’re Seen

I spoke with a founder who’d been in his field for almost 20 years.
Not the “social media expert” kind of experience.

The real kind.

The kind that holds companies together when everything feels like it’s falling apart.

👉 He led teams.
👉 Handled crises.
👉 Built things people relied on.

But when he tried to build something for himself, a side income, a little freedom, nothing moved.

He spent months trying to understand how others were using LinkedIn and AI to make a steady income, book stages and get featured as experts in top-tier media.

As someone who has ran campaigns for big names, and learned how to leverage LinkedIn in 1 year, I understand the pain too well. 

Then he confessed…

“I’ve signed up for webinars”
“I’ve tried posting more”
“I’ve tried writing in the right tone.”
“I’ve tried figuring out personal branding”

Every attempt ended the same way:

🚫 No traction.
🚫 No interest.
🚫 No real path forward.
🚫 Less money in the bank.

One night, he told me he sat in his car after work for almost an hour.
He didn’t want to walk into his house and pretend he wasn’t disappointed.
He said, in a quiet voice:

“I feel like I did everything right. And it still didn’t turn into anything for me.”
That’s the part most founders never share.
That’s what I call “The Hamster Wheel Trap.”

You’re not stuck because you lack experience.
You’re stuck because you think: 

I need to post more motivational content.
Which is getting you messages like: 
"You're so inspiring"
but not DMs asking for your help. 

You wait for something to click.
You spend hours prompting ChatGpt.
And none of it works.

That weekend, I showed him the part he’d been missing:

✅ How to package what he already knows.
✅ How to use AI to reduce the time it takes.
✅ How to build a simple machine that brings clients, media and stages
to him.

He didn’t expect much.
Not after months of quiet failure.

But he tried anyway.
Eleven days later, he brought in $12,400.

He didn’t cry because of the money.
He cried because something finally worked.

He said, “I just needed someone to show me the part nobody ever showed me.”
If you’re in "The Hamster Wheel Trap", era read this:

Your experience isn’t the issue.
The missing system is.
And that can be fixed.

PS: If any of this felt too familiar, that’s not failure.
It’s a sign you have been carrying everything alone. 

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Being the best isn’t enough.
Being seen as the best is.

For years, you won the same way:

✨ Referrals.
✨ Reputation.
✨ Relationships.
✨ Time in the field.

Do solid work.
Stay steady.
The next client shows up.
That pattern broke.
Attention shifted.

Here's what I've learned:

Decision-makers changed how they hire.
They search first.
They follow the ones who teach in public.
They stick with the voices they see often.

Familiarity moves faster than introductions.
This shift is shaking entire industries.

1/ A consultant with decades of wins loses a client to someone posting insights.
2/ An attorney with a track record gets replaced by someone explaining hard topics in simple language.
3/ An advisor with a full résumé gets overlooked because their thinking never shows up online.

This is the real risk:

If people can’t see how you think,
they assume someone else is a better fit.

🤚🏽 This isn’t age.
🤚🏽 This is access.
🤚🏽 This is presence.

Legacy trust still holds with the people who know you.
Everyone else meets their next expert on a screen.

If your voice isn’t there, the contract goes to the one who is.
Invisibility kills deals faster than lack of skill.

🔥 The experts who stay chosen do this:

They show their work.
They explain their point of view.
They build trust before the first meeting.

This isn’t ego.
This is staying in the deal flow.

If you want clients to think of you first and if you want new buyers to find you without a warm intro, your brand has to travel.

PS: If you’re ready for that shift,
DM me "TRANSFER".

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You didn’t outgrow your life.
You just got used to the desert.

This video reminded me how many people 
stay in places that no longer fit
simply because they’re familiar.

Take Lena.
She worked in corporate HR for nine years.
Good title. Steady paycheck.

Everyone assumed she had it figured out.
But at night, she restored old furniture in her garage
pieces people rushed to buy.

She kept saying she wasn’t “ready” to open a store.
Then one afternoon she heard herself repeat it
and felt the gap between her words and her truth.

Three months later, she rented a small workshop.
Now there’s a waiting list.

Then there’s Jordan.
He stayed close to friends who pulled him down
because it felt easier than walking away.
He wasn’t choosing connection.
He was choosing habit.

When he stepped back, his days grew quiet
and light.

Maybe you’re here too:

💫 A job that pays you but drains you
💫 An idea you keep pushing aside
💫 A version of yourself you keep delaying

Here’s something simple:

You can change your direction when the path stops matching who you’re becoming.

You didn’t outgrow your life.
You just got used to the desert.

And like that camel, you might shock yourself
when you step toward your ocean.
Not with a leap.
With one honest move.

PS: Leaving the desert for good in 2026?
Let’s talk in the comments.

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If your private success is bigger than your public presence…
this isn’t your fault.

(It’s your system)

Influence isn’t built from occasional brilliance.
It’s built from the signals you repeat,
the perceptions you reinforce,
and the identity you make your digital footprint.

There are only 3 things people use to judge your influence:

1️⃣ What they see you talk about
If your expertise isn’t visible, it isn’t perceived.
People assume you’re an authority when they can predict your point of view on a topic.

2️⃣ How consistently you show up
Repetition builds recognition.
Recognition builds trust.
Trust builds demand.
You aren’t under-valued, you’re under-seen.

3️⃣ The proof you make public
Wins. Lessons. Patterns.
Not to brag, but to signal what you know, how you think, and why you’re credible.
Private success only matters publicly when you translate it into visible evidence.

And here’s the part most people miss:

Your reputation doesn’t grow because you’re good.
It grows because you make your value unmistakable.

Influence grows when your signals become a system:
a repeatable rhythm that teaches people who you are,
what you stand for, and why your voice carries weight.

When you control the signals,
you control the perception.

When you control the perception,
you control the opportunity.

And the real shift is this:

You don’t need to become someone different to grow your influence.
Make the real you, the skilled, proven, exceptional you, the version people recognize.

Influence isn’t a spotlight.
It’s an operating system.

Build the system,
and the visibility follows.

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Chief Executive Officer | Ranked #1 Global Positioning | Ex-U.S. Congress Comms Director | 35M+ Reach | 3M+ Media

Staying in a place you’ve outgrown isn’t loyalty.
It’s a slow kind of shrinking.

Most people don’t stay because they’re fulfilled.
They stay because it’s familiar.

Because it’s quiet.
Because it asks nothing new of them.
But there’s a cost to that kind of comfort:

💔 Your skills level off
💔 Your ideas stay small
💔 Your drive dims

Your network stays narrow
Your confidence stalls
You feel it long before you name it.

The meetings get predictable.
The work stops teaching you anything.
The ceiling lowers a little more each week.

You’re not dramatic.
You’re not impatient.
You’ve simply outgrown the room.

The people who move forward don’t wait for a crisis.
They pay attention to the early signs.
They choose places that stretch them.

They leave before their talent goes quiet.
You don’t need permission to want more space.
You only need to trust the part of you that knows when the season has ended.

Staying small isn’t stability.
It’s delay.
Leaving isn’t chaos.
It’s courage.

Your life expands the moment you do.

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The struggle isn’t blocking your rise, it’s shaping you for it.

Ever feel like every step forward comes with another test?
You’re not the only one.

But what if the leaders you admire didn’t rise despite their hurdles…
but because they stayed long enough to learn what those hurdles were trying to teach?

You treat this challenge like a glitch, like life dropped the wrong assignment on your desk.

But you know this pattern.

The moment you avoid is the moment that forces the shift you’ve delayed.
Not fate.
Not a lesson wrapped in a bow.
Just pressure pointing at what needs your attention.

Try this: 

1/ Take one breath before you respond.
It gives you space to see the situation, not your fear.
2/ Ask a clear question:
“What does this open right now?”
The answer often sits in plain sight.
3/ Change the method, not the aim.
If the straight line fails, use the turn.
The target stays the same.
4/ Look at what the moment exposes.
A gap.
A habit.
A truth.

Treat it as information, not judgment.
If you’re carrying something heavy today, don’t rush past it.
Stay with it long enough to understand it.

There’s direction inside it…
And once you see it, the next step becomes obvious.

PS: What is the obstacle in front of you trying to tell you?

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