Month: June 2018
Bad clients happen
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Bad clients happen. They still happen to me and I have a long developed client vetting process. The thing is, each time it happens it’s your fault. You missed something about them that should have tipped you off. You rush through to the proposal so you didn’t have time to get to know them. Don’t…
Everything in life shouldn’t be a competition
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Thoughts stemming from this article: I certainly don’t agree with the statement than workaholism is a badge of honour, but yes we quantify so much of ourselves that much of life is a competition. I’ve had to choose balance a number of times, and even been told I’m terribly unprofessional and that no one should…
Another take on working smarter
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I already wrote today about my filter documents and how I hand write them. No typing allowed. Then I come across this great post from Farnam Street using another method to look at the units of productivity you have in a day. Not sure I’ll use it, but each system will work for some people.…
My Sweet Setup was on The Sweet Setup Today
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You can see my desk and my iPad screen and a cute picture of my youngest kid over on The Sweet Setup today. Yup, I’m still using my iPad Pro 9.7” for 90% of my work. Sitting in the library right now after writing, doing some design for a product giveaway and doing some coding.…
If You Haven’t Planned Where You’re Going You’ll Hate Where You End Up
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How do you set goals and then pull them down into weekly and daily actions? How do you take all the ideas that buzz through your head, and get the vital few done? The first thing you need is a set of filtering documents. When I start a new notebook I do the regular Bullet…
Are you looking past the top layer?
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From Seth Godin: The thing is: 90% of the strawberries in a quart are hidden from view. They’re beneath the top layer. There’s no strategy to tell which quart is better than the other, unless you (erroneously) believe that the top layer is an accurate indicator of what lies below. Where are you only looking…
Work, family or social life
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From Austin Kleon: Work, children, or a social life. You may pick two at a time. (Nobody wants to hear this.) I choose work and family. My only social life currently is the runs that one or two people want to come on. That has meant large numbers of friends I no longer hang out…
Freelance Friday 010 – June 15 2018
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As I’m working on my next book called Finding Focus, I have some questions for you dear reader. If you’ll please help me out and answer these 6 questions so I can make sure the book covers topics that are relevant to you. Believe it or not, this week I started looking at Fiverr after…
Should I Read It 019 – The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F_ck
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Today we’re going to need to look past a bit of profanity and dive in to why Mark Manson says we care about way too much. Purchase The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F_ck on Amazon Written Look at The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F_ck This episode of Should I Read It…
More Hours is a Lie – The Amount of Work You Can Do is Constant
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Rather than scrambling to meet an impossible deadline, work to your normal pace. The amount of work you can do is constant — the only real question is which work to do. – Extreme Programming I had a coaching client who worked every weekend. He always felt like he couldn’t get ahead so kept spinning…
