Month: January 2019
Freelance Friday 037 – January 11 2019
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I’d love to tell you that my New Year of work started off with a bang. That I was so productive your eyeballs will spin. I can’t though. I’ve slept in. I’ve watched movies. I’ve struggled my way through two phone calls. Seriously who knew a phone call could be so so hard. I’ve hated…
Freelancer Project Management Basics
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I wrote a piece for Liquid Web on Project Management for Freelancers. Once you’ve built out an ideal client profile and learned to write good proposals, you should be winning work regularly. A solid client pipeline can create a problem for the inexperienced business owner though. How do you get all the work done? How…
Doing Daily Migration in your Bullet Journal
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Have you ever wondered what a Daily Migration would look like in your Bullet Journal? Today I’m going to walk you through the way I deal with the end of my day in an analogue productivity system. My Gear I wrote a book on Analogue Productivity
Distraction Free Samsung Chromebook 3?
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My friend Chris: Before I get into my thoughts on the device itself I should point out that this isn’t my first attempt at a device to focus with. In fact, up until the end of 2017 I had gone through a string of iPads and fancy keyboards ending with an iPad Pro and the…
Sledding Fun to Start the Year
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Cynthia and I have never stayed up for New Year’s. We usually head to bed at 10pm, when the fireworks wake us up at midnight we say happy New Year. Then we head somewhere early in the morning to avoid the crowds. This year it was Manning Park BC with the kids for a day…
I love Ulysses too
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Shawn Blanc writing for The Sweet Setup: Ulysses is the central spot for where I store all my notes, research, and other tidbits of inspiration. It’s also where I toss all my writing ideas, and it’s where I actually do all my writing. What’s so awesome about Ulysses is that it excells at each of…
Doing some Christmas Chores
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Second try at doing a vlog for the day. Today you get to join me as I work to put up shelves in my daughter’s room just before New Year’s. Yup, it took over 3 hours by the time I set up the camera and then did lunch, dishes, snacks…kids seem to eat like hobbits…
Should I Read It 040 – All In by Josh Levs
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Written version of this review Purchase All In on Amazon Today’s episode of Should I Read It was brought to you by my latest book The Art of Focus. The Art of Focus is going to help you think about your work in a way that lets you be focused and effective with your time.…
