<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Mountainview Consulting Inc.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mountainview Consulting]]></description><link>https://www.mountainviewconsulting.ca/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 02:11:30 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.mountainviewconsulting.ca/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[How to Find More Profit Without Adding More Work]]></title><description><![CDATA[What if you could generate more profit this quarter without adding a single new customer? Not a trick question. Not a theory. Just an honest look at what’s already running in your business — and whether everything you’re carrying is actually worth carrying. There’s a moment I still think about from my time in industrial supply sales. I had landed a solid new customer. Real potential. The kind of account you work hard to get and work harder to keep. We put together a significant order and...]]></description><link>https://www.mountainviewconsulting.ca/post/how-to-find-more-profit-without-adding-more-work</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1f5535f9e37e2aaa14da1b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 22:18:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4a94e5_c17c71e7c6e743f8818492ec87721010~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mountainview Consulting</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no slow season coming]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is no slow season coming. You’ve been waiting for it. Planning around it. Telling yourself that once this project wraps, once this quarter closes, once things finally settle — then you’ll have margin. But the calendar never actually clears, does it. The golf invite lands on the same week as the client deadline. The camping trip your wife has been planning collides with the busiest stretch of your month. And you’re left doing the math in your head, trying to figure out which part of your...]]></description><link>https://www.mountainviewconsulting.ca/post/there-is-no-slow-season-coming</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a19fa92cd05d69352d23efb</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 20:56:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4a94e5_b9c9cede211e43acaa4ab5fcf2be8507~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mountainview Consulting</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reset no one talks about]]></title><description><![CDATA[I want to tell you something that took one of my clients a hard fall to figure out. The problems in your business are not always the real problem. Sometimes the problem is who you became while you were busy building it. I had a client who was a solid business owner, good reputation, respected in his community. He had what he believed was his dream. He woke up excited. He led his team well. He showed up for his family, his networking circles, the nonprofits he cared about. He was the guy...]]></description><link>https://www.mountainviewconsulting.ca/post/the-reset-no-one-talks-about</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a19f72d145da5e3830a4ae1</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 20:34:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4a94e5_e57f228c76934b3e862d231219053310~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mountainview Consulting</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 AI tricks to reclaim your calendar]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most business owners don’t have a calendar problem. They have a surrender problem. At some point the meeting requests started landing before your intentions did. The quick calls got scheduled before your deep work. Other people’s urgency moved in and filled the week, and somewhere in there your priorities got pushed to “I’ll get to that later.” Later never came. This is not how retirement lifestyle looks. The version of your work life where you’re truly free — not someday, but now — starts...]]></description><link>https://www.mountainviewconsulting.ca/post/7-ai-tricks-to-reclaim-your-calendar</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a07881f22114a9aa2a83897</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 21:02:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4a94e5_bacc0ceb2a2743dba944d6da99659609~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mountainview Consulting</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The $10,000 hour (and why you keep skipping it)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week I got news that a grant application I submitted on behalf of the non-profit I work for was approved. $10,000. For people who genuinely need it. The application probably took me an hour. Maybe less. And then I sat with a question that I haven’t been able to shake since: How many grants like that have I missed because I was updating a poster? I can design things. I can build brochures. I can tinker in templates until they look exactly the way I want them to. None of that is a crime....]]></description><link>https://www.mountainviewconsulting.ca/post/the-10-000-hour-and-why-you-keep-skipping-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a078444e17018105dee5f18</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 20:44:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4a94e5_0993814e8ae74d6c950b3331415ddb67~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mountainview Consulting</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[One call away from quick cash]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most business owners who feel financially stuck are not one new marketing campaign away from breathing room. They are one phone call away. Here is the thing about financial freedom: it rarely arrives in a dramatic wave. It usually shows up as one good month that breaks a pattern. One conversation that opens a door. One decision that builds belief that more is possible. This week I want to give you a fast-track move. Not a strategy overhaul. Not a new funnel. A single practical action you can...]]></description><link>https://www.mountainviewconsulting.ca/post/one-call-away-from-quick-cash</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a077f0f0b9e4f37fd259d15</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 20:27:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4a94e5_4eee6983d64b4690beffb2e31dc75879~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mountainview Consulting</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did your spring plan already get hijacked?]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you live in a small city in northern Canada, you know exactly what spring looks like. It is not pretty. Dirty brown water runs along every curb carrying the gravel that kept you alive on icy roads all winter. Potholes that could swallow a tire appear overnight on streets that were perfectly fine in February. Step off the main path and there is a genuine chance you end up stuck in mud up to your ankles. Spring in a northern small city is not a gentle awakening. It is a mess you have to...]]></description><link>https://www.mountainviewconsulting.ca/post/did-your-spring-plan-already-get-hijacked</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a077c0f22114a9aa2a8201b</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 20:13:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4a94e5_04634353bf95495a9fe3c85cc8c94de5~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mountainview Consulting</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 tasks you should stop doing as the owner]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey there! I have a confession. I spent years doing work I was not very good at. Not because I had no choice. Because I told myself that as the owner, as the leader, as the person responsible for the outcome, it was just part of the job. Design work. Building automation workflows. Formatting and uploading content. Technical tasks that needed to get done and had no one else to hand them to. I could do all of it. I just was not good at it, did not enjoy it, and every hour I spent on it cost me...]]></description><link>https://www.mountainviewconsulting.ca/post/3-tasks-you-should-stop-doing-as-the-owner</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fbae108a769b9e6e00fe76</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 16:00:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4a94e5_8b01f99ef3354cfcb8266fbbbcf44e1e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mountainview Consulting</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is why I write about retirement lifestyle now.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey there! Two years ago, I had to leave what looked like the role of a lifetime. On paper it had everything. I was leading a significant social services organization in my small city. 80 employees. Multiple facilities. Government contracts. A $3 million budget. A mission that was feeding the hungry, housing the homeless, and providing resources to the most marginalized people in our community. I had wanted something like this my whole career. I believed deeply in the work. I believed in the...]]></description><link>https://www.mountainviewconsulting.ca/post/this-is-why-i-write-about-retirement-lifestyle-now</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fbac257c961ad0b9012136</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 21:08:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4a94e5_d541e96162954852bd20cbdad4075da6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mountainview Consulting</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[More take-home pay without a single new client]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of my clients was convinced they needed more revenue. Their books said they were busy. Their calendar confirmed it. They had a full client roster, steady invoices going out, and a business that looked successful from every angle that mattered. Except one. Take-home pay. Every month they worked hard, delivered results, and watched the money disappear before it ever felt like freedom. So, we ran a Profit Leak Audit together. What we found stopped them cold. Their biggest client the one they...]]></description><link>https://www.mountainviewconsulting.ca/post/more-take-home-pay-without-a-single-new-client</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f284de829c52805ba9e8a3</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:30:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4a94e5_32bcac19799a4501ba2d87174bdf7c79~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mountainview Consulting</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm freezing and they are posting beach photos.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I do a quick social scroll. Sure enough, there’s a former colleague, someone who built a solid business over twenty years, sitting on the beach in Mexico. Toes in the sand. Drink in hand. Caption: “Finally free.” And for a moment — just a moment — something stirred in me. Not quite jealousy. But close enough that I had to sit with it. Here’s the truth I had to face: I wasn’t frustrated at him. I was frustrated at myself for feeling like I was missing something. I'll share a practical tool at...]]></description><link>https://www.mountainviewconsulting.ca/post/i-m-freezing-and-they-are-posting-beach-photos</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f280d47cb0726b2dae4920</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:13:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4a94e5_b00c942786664641a834a2b8324923c2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mountainview Consulting</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome to the Retirement Lifestyle Now (For Small City Business Owners)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey there! Welcome to Retirement Lifestyle Now (For Small City Business Owners). If you’re like most business owners in cities under 1 million people, you didn’t start your business just to feel stuck inside it. You started it for: Freedom Flexibility More time with your family The ability to actually enjoy your life But somewhere along the way… the business started running you. You’re working hard. You’re doing well. But the lifestyle you imagined? It still feels… delayed. Here’s the truth:...]]></description><link>https://www.mountainviewconsulting.ca/post/welcome-to-the-retirement-lifestyle-now-for-small-city-business-owners</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f27a9a0284ed8464dfac61</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:59:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4a94e5_18741e98a7fa454ea6a846e64f04d1cc~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mountainview Consulting</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What if your business actually gave you your life back?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week I opened my calendar and noticed something strange. There was space. Not empty for the sake of being empty… But intentional. A few projects I genuinely enjoy. Time blocked for thinking. Room to breathe. And it hit me: I’m not retired… But I’m living like I am. Many business owners I know think “retirement” is the reward at the end. Work hard. Grind it out. Maybe someday you get your time back. But most business owners I know never actually get there. Because the business they built...]]></description><link>https://www.mountainviewconsulting.ca/post/what-if-your-business-actually-gave-you-your-life-back</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f27081d3f2ae6dd917bbfe</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:08:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4a94e5_480a72a2b26746daaca99032a635c0c0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mountainview Consulting</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>