After 10 years, last week I finished up at Thought Leaders. After an extraordinary decade it became time to step away and focus on my own practice. It wasn’t an easy decision, but on the other side of it I know it was definitely the right decision.

(And as an interesting aside, my life seems to be dividing up quite nicely into decades. In 1990 I finished high school. In 2000 I left the corporate world and started business coaching. In 2010 I joined Thought Leaders.)

I’m looking forward to see what the next decade brings :)

Here are some of the things I'm grateful for from the last 10 years:

The tribe. I’ve found a community that felt like coming home, and that I’ve loved being a part of.
The team. I’ve got to work with a world class team full of geniuses doing amazing work.
Writing. I’m now an author. Over the last ten years I’ve written seven books. Yep, seven. Who would have thought? My favourite is Catsville which I wrote with Scarlett a few years ago.
Contribution. It’s one of my key drivers, and it has been a privilege to have had a positive impact with lots of people.
Financial Independence. It has always been important to me to make money and make a difference. It’s gratifying to have done both.
Friendships. I’ve got some amazing people in my life that I’m honoured to call my friends.
Learning. We built a business teaching people how to grow their practices. Along the way, I myself learned so much about doing both.

There are lots of individuals that I’m grateful to, but if I start naming people this list could very quickly grow from seven to seventy, so I’ll restrain myself.

And as usual in my house, the final word goes to my four-year old daughter Ami. When I explained to her that I was leaving Thought Leaders she said “does that mean you're not a thought leader anymore?”

“No,” I said, “I'm still a thought leader.” (Not that one should call themselves a thought leader in my opinion, but didn’t feel like I needed to go into that with Ami).

“Can you still call Lisa?” she then asked.

“Of course,” I said.

And with that she was satisfied.