Month: November 2018
6 Ways To Show Your Staff How Much They Mean To You
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You don’t need an Employee Appreciation Day to show a little gratitude to your staff. The salary and benefits that you give them are part and parcel of being a decent employer, but those things being present in your life don’t mean that you should stop showing people that you care about them as individuals.…
The Daily Routines I Use to Bring Calm to my Work
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I have done a video of this as well which is embedded at the bottom of the post or if you want to just view it on YouTube click this super awesome specially crafted link. It’s like magic…trust me. Like many of you, I’ve read Getting Things Done. I can explain what GTD is, and…
Another good money post, this one by Darius Foroux
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This note made me smile from Darius Foroux: “All my problems will be solved once I have a little bit more cash on hand.” Sorry to disappoint you, but that will never happen. As your bank account grows, your problems will too. As Profit First advises, as your income grows so will your expenses. Foroux…
Justin Jackson on Finances and Cutting Expenses
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Jackson says in regard to his $4400/month expense burn: This wasn’t as big of a deal when revenue was high. I was able to pay my expenses, and still pay myself a good salary. But, just as Michalowicz predicted, when sales slowed down, my monthly costs weighed on me like never before. Michalowicz wrote Profit…
Freelance Friday 032 – Nov 16 2018
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I’ve mentioned it a few times, but this week I really started to talk about my course with Jason Resnick called Stop The Cycle. This course is all about how to stop going from so much work you don’t know what to do, to figuring out how far you can get ramen to stretch. Today…
You’re interesting and we need it
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From Austin Kleon: In the (perfect) movie adaptation, Hannibal calls Clarice on the phone, and he says it just a little differently: “The world’s more interesting with you in it.” This is important to remember all the time. Especially when we are going through tough times. There is always a group of people that would…
My iOS Podcasting Setup
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While I still don’t do interview shows from my iPad because I can’t record local audio and send it to the other party, I do record all my solo Podcasts directly to my iPad. I also edit all my podcasts directly on my iPad. Today we’ll walk through the gear and software I use to…
Should I Read It 033 – Real Artists Don’t Starve by Jeff Goins
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Purchase Real Artists Don’t Starve on Amazon Read the written version of this review This episode of Should I Read It is brought to you by my latest book, The Art of Focus. If you’re tired of running around trying different ideas without getting traction. If you’re tired of having ideas, but never getting to…
The Debunked Myth of the Starving Artist
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We are accustomed to a certain story about artists, one that says they are barely getting by. But Michelangelo did not suffer or starve for his work. A multimillionaire and successful entrepreneur, he was in the words of one journalist a “pivotal figure in the transition of creative geniuses from people regarded, and paid, as…
More Clear Suggestions from Rafal
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A few weeks back I wrote about 6 tips the Overwhelmed Creative can use to get control again. In response to that my friend Rafal sent me some of his tips for bringing focus back to your life. Rafal runs Sandbox Rim and it’s a great site that I have in my RSS reader. Here…
