Jay FeitlingerJay Feitlinger https://jayfeitlinger.com/ Fueling Ambition. Achieving Results Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:36:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://jayfeitlinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cropped-Jay-Feitlinger-Icon-Logo-32x32.png Jay Feitlinger https://jayfeitlinger.com/ 32 32 100736964 Why I’m Ready to Plan Again https://jayfeitlinger.com/why-im-ready-to-plan-again/ https://jayfeitlinger.com/why-im-ready-to-plan-again/#respond Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:36:28 +0000 Jay Feitlinger https://jayfeitlinger.com/?p=20589 By the time March arrived, something had shifted. Not in a dramatic, everything is solved way. More in the quiet sense that comes when you stop forcing answers and let them surface on their own. That feeling was new for me, and it made this year’s approach to personal annual planning feel fundamentally different from […]

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]]> By the time March arrived, something had shifted. Not in a dramatic, everything is solved way. More in the quiet sense that comes when you stop forcing answers and let them surface on their own. That feeling was new for me, and it made this year’s approach to personal annual planning feel fundamentally different from […]

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]]> https://jayfeitlinger.com/why-im-ready-to-plan-again/feed/ 0 20589 The Space Between Seasons https://jayfeitlinger.com/the-space-between-seasons/ https://jayfeitlinger.com/the-space-between-seasons/#respond Fri, 13 Feb 2026 18:22:59 +0000 Jay Feitlinger https://jayfeitlinger.com/?p=20586 In January, I wrote about why I stopped planning my year at the start of the calendar. I shared how listening to a short video from Verne Harnish reframed my thinking around timing, seasons, and the pressure to lock in personal annual planning before the coffee is even cold on January 2nd. That post resonated […]

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]]> In January, I wrote about why I stopped planning my year at the start of the calendar. I shared how listening to a short video from Verne Harnish reframed my thinking around timing, seasons, and the pressure to lock in personal annual planning before the coffee is even cold on January 2nd. That post resonated […]

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]]> https://jayfeitlinger.com/the-space-between-seasons/feed/ 0 20586 Stop Planning Your Year in January https://jayfeitlinger.com/stop-planning-your-year-in-january/ https://jayfeitlinger.com/stop-planning-your-year-in-january/#comments Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:20:38 +0000 Jay Feitlinger https://jayfeitlinger.com/?p=20583 Every January, I used to sit down with my notebook, a strong coffee, and a stack of goals waiting to be written. It felt like what leaders are supposed to do. You wrap one year, reflect for a day or two, and jump straight into planning the next one before the ball has even hit […]

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]]> Every January, I used to sit down with my notebook, a strong coffee, and a stack of goals waiting to be written. It felt like what leaders are supposed to do. You wrap one year, reflect for a day or two, and jump straight into planning the next one before the ball has even hit […]

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]]> https://jayfeitlinger.com/stop-planning-your-year-in-january/feed/ 1 20583 Why It Took Me Years to Understand What Growth Actually Costs https://jayfeitlinger.com/why-it-took-me-years-to-understand-what-growth-actually-costs/ https://jayfeitlinger.com/why-it-took-me-years-to-understand-what-growth-actually-costs/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:39:25 +0000 Jay Feitlinger https://jayfeitlinger.com/?p=20644 For most of my career, growth was the goal. More revenue. More clients. More responsibility. More opportunity. Growth was the scoreboard, and if the numbers were moving in the right direction, everything else felt justified. At least that is what I told myself. It took me years to realize that growth is never free. It […]

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]]> For most of my career, growth was the goal. More revenue. More clients. More responsibility. More opportunity. Growth was the scoreboard, and if the numbers were moving in the right direction, everything else felt justified. At least that is what I told myself. It took me years to realize that growth is never free. It […]

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]]> https://jayfeitlinger.com/why-it-took-me-years-to-understand-what-growth-actually-costs/feed/ 1 20644 What Thanksgiving Taught Me This Year https://jayfeitlinger.com/what-thanksgiving-taught-me-this-year/ https://jayfeitlinger.com/what-thanksgiving-taught-me-this-year/#respond Sat, 29 Nov 2025 00:06:13 +0000 Jay Feitlinger https://jayfeitlinger.com/?p=20702 THE HOLIDAY I LOOK FORWARD TO MOST Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays. Not because of the turkey. I actually do not like turkey all that much. I have tried to convince myself otherwise over the years, but I would take ribs over turkey ten times out of ten. What I do […]

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]]> THE HOLIDAY I LOOK FORWARD TO MOST Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays. Not because of the turkey. I actually do not like turkey all that much. I have tried to convince myself otherwise over the years, but I would take ribs over turkey ten times out of ten. What I do […]

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