Month: August 2017

  • Does Squash Add Value to SetApp?

    Does Squash Add Value to SetApp?

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    SetApp has been around for a bit and is interesting. It takes a number of popular Mac Applications and bundles them in to a single inexpensive monthly subscription. Out of the gate some of the awesome applications are Ulysses and ForkLift 2. But I have a great Markdown editor and I don’t see anything in…

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  • Is Average Over? What will it take to make your way?

    Is Average Over? What will it take to make your way?

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    I regularly say, “who wants to be average anyway”? Usually, the answer is no one because average is broken. Average is purchasing things you can’t afford to impress people you don’t like. So maybe that’s why I purchased Average is Over by Tyler Cowen? Maybe it was the fact that I’ve heard Malcolm Gladwell say…

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  • It’s Time to Find a New Room!!

    It’s Time to Find a New Room!!

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    If you’re the smartest person in the room, find a new room. Don’t sit around with the same people lamenting your business. Find someone or many people that are successful and hang out with them. If it costs you some money to get access, do it. If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re…

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  • I’ve Acted WAAAY Too Successful

    I’ve Acted WAAAY Too Successful

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    I acted waaay to successful and it cost me a client. A good client that I loved working with. One that I had followed for years prior to working with them. One I hoped would notice me one day. See, I acted way to successful and let the project drop way behind schedule. I took…

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  • The Big Brash Leader Lie!

    The Big Brash Leader Lie!

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    It’s a faulty assumption that you need to be big/loud/obvious to lead an organization. This faulty assumption is brought on because that’s the story websites love. The founder that was brash, a bit harsh, and oh so brilliant. Hey, Steve Jobs. Far more of the successful teams out there are run by a quiet manager…

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  • Sovann Pen on integrating your big entrepreneurial ideas and family

    Sovann Pen on integrating your big entrepreneurial ideas and family

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    Today I get to talk to Sovann Pen. Sovann is a Counsellor based in Portland Oregon. In this episode we talk about: How his private practice didn’t work out Taking your spouses concerns into account with your entrepreneurial ideas How family/parenting impacts your work You can find the links to the resources we talked about…

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  • It’s time to have an opinion

    It’s time to have an opinion

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    There is an interesting study that looked at how effective managers are. If you were rated as having no distinguishing strengths you were in the thirty-fourth percentile of effectiveness. If you had just one distinguishing strength, you jumped to the sixty-fourth percentile. That’s the difference between the bland generalist, who is good at everything and…

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  • No Wonder Your Rates are Low!!

    No Wonder Your Rates are Low!!

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    Yesterday I wrote about a micromanaging client and how to deal with them. On a related note today we’re going to talk about a client micromanaging project details. You get yourself into this when you simply take whatever they provided you and send over a quote. That’s like a doctor moving from listening to their…

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  • Dealing with a Micromanaging Client

    Dealing with a Micromanaging Client

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    Have you ever had a client that checks in 27 times a day? One that tells you exactly where to push that pixel? One that judges everything you do down to the last tiny detail? That’s called a micromanager. Most times, they don’t actually realize what they’re doing. The first thing you need to do…

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  • Change requires an accountability plan

    Change requires an accountability plan

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    We all have goals, unfortunately too often they’re just dreams. Dreams of having a successful business. Dreams of dating our spouses. Dreams of hanging out with our kids. Dreams of contributing to our community. Dreams of weighing 10 pounds less and not eating entire boxes of cookies regularly. (That’s me, I’m a cookie monster) The…

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