Month: August 2013
Slow down later
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Just to set the tone right away stop lying to yourself. Now to start the story. A long time ago in a galaxy far far away there was a freelancer. This freelancer was just strating their business and was working full time plus on the side for the fledging business. One Friday their friend called…
Marginal gains are what it’s all about
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A while back saw @johnsaddington tweet about yet another book that wasn’t all the marketing hype said it would be. When I probed further he pointed me to this blog post. The short version is that the book content didn’t ‘stick’ in his life. John has an interesting point here about the things we keep…
Evernote as my GTD reference
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Any productivity system is really about growth and learning. You learn how your brain best processes random bits of information in to tasks. That also changes over time, and someone else’s system may not work exactly for you. As I’ve been reading Getting Things Done again I’ve been realizing that there were components of the…
You need to anticipate your time realistically
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This is an excerpt from my upcoming book “Don’t be an Idiot: Run a Viable Business”. Join the email list to get updated on the project, get advanced access and some extra snippets of free content. When I started freelancing a ‘huge’ project was $5k. When I say huge I mean that I dreamed of…
Who do you Choose?
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Chris Lema wrote a great article about choosing his wife over startups. There is a man who has learned what matters in life and it shows. I think it’s just a bit unfortunate he didn’t stop working crazy hours until after he met her, but we were all young and not so wise once. If…
That place deep inside filled
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I’ve written already about how I take time off for me so that I can recharge and give my full attention to the work at hand. I’ve typically been riding my bicycle lately but due to a sick wife last weekend I ended up hiking with my 2 year old daughter. You know what there…
Launch Video
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It’s hard to put in typed words what you can say. Here is a video I recorded for the launch of “Don’t be an Idiot: Learn to run a viable business“. Sign up on the mailing list above to get updates, coupons, and a sneak peak at the content. WOOHOO BOOK LAUNCH!
I’m writing a book about Running a Viable Business
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Today the teasing is over and you can sign up to get notified of the new book I’m writing called “Don’t be an Idiot: Running a Viable Business”. The Why I’m writing the book because over the last year I’ve been talking with a bunch of small business owners. A constant theme has been that…
Queues and broken self-contracts
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How many queues of crap do you have in your life? These lists are things that you intend to do at some point. But really if it’s been sitting for a few weeks is it going to get done? I sit here looking at my Instapaper queue of 95 articles and I have no doubt…
