Happy SundayReader...

I am slowly getting used to Jim working the weekends. When he accepted his new position, it meant working Saturday and Sunday.
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I try to have a schedule that mostly matches his, so now, my "weekend" is Monday and Tuesday. I still have a few trailing commitments on my calendar, but for the most part, our weekends are the same again.
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And since most of the rest of the world is OFF on Saturday and Sunday, it means I can really hunker down and FOCUS on those days... after I take a trip downstairs to the Farmers Market, or a walk around the park. The weather is gorgeous in the Pacific Northwest right now, and stepping away from my work is actually part of my process!
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Anywho, I sat down today and one thing kept coming back... this thing that happens after a strategy conversation.

I call it the "meeting" after the meeting.

In a bigger organization, it looks like side conversations after the fact. In a solo or micro business, it looks a little different.

It’s the second-guessing after you've made the call.

If the same issue keeps coming back with a slightly different name, you probably don’t have a productivity problem, a visibility problem, or even a strategy problem. GASP! I KNOW!

You've probably skipped the decision layer.

That’s where a lot of good plans fizzle before they start.

Not because you need to be more disciplined, more inspired, or more “in alignment.”

Because when everything stays on the table, nothing is really decided.

You just end up carrying a heavier, messier version of the same business, that isn't serving you in the first place.

More ideas.
More pressure.
More open loops.
More “I should really get back to that” energy.

And then you wonder why the plan that looked so reasonable on paper feels impossible to execute in real life.

​This week on the blog, I talk more deeply about how to spot this issue, regardless of the size of your company.

Because a decision that cannot be carried by your actual capacity is not a strategy.

It’s a wish with a deadline.

And I say that with love, because I've built plenty of those myself! Check it:
​https://www.lisarobbinyoung.com/2026/meeting-after-the-meeting-decision-layer/​

So here’s the question for today:

Where are you still having the "meeting" after the meeting?

Where have you technically “made a plan,” but you’re still re-litigating the same issue in your head, your journal, your team calls, or your group chat?

That’s probably the place to look.

Not for another tactic.

For the real decision underneath the noise.

If there’s a decision you keep circling, that’s the kind of thing I help untangle.

You don’t need fifty more moves.

You need the one that makes the next part clear.

Hit reply and tell me what decision you’re circling.

Enjoy!

- Lisa

P.S. I have selected the hotel for this fall's Creative Freedom Retreat. Now I just need to get the contract to sign and we're off to the races! SQUEE!