• A Guidebook to Get Your Business Running Like Clockwork

    A Guidebook to Get Your Business Running Like Clockwork

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    One of the biggest frustrations businesses face is feeling like they’re running all over the place and getting nowhere. This is especially true of solo business owners that are doing so much of the work. This is where Clockwork by Michael Michalowicz is here to help. Probably the biggest takeaway from the book is that…

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  • Software Development is Not About Code

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    From Mario: Software engineering is not about code. It’s about solving business problems through code deployed on top of a set of servers, running on a given operating system, interacting via the network and the like. I agree and have written about the most valuable thing you have is your ability to make decisions. If…

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  • Rebecca Renner on 6-months of freelance writing

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    I think the first 2 paragraphs open this up on the right tone: I’ve always wanted to be a writer, but all of my life, people told me it wasn’t a feasible career. Man, I love proving people wrong. It does take some of that boldness to run your own business. If you’re not willing…

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  • 6 Awesome Books of 2018 and one that SUCKED

    6 Awesome Books of 2018 and one that SUCKED

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    One of the critiques of my reading is the question around how much information could possibly stick if I’m reading more than 52 self-help, business books in a year. The truth is that many of them don’t stick. A bunch of the books feel like repeat information and have a single chapter that stands out…

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  • Embrace the pigeonhole

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    I just finished Steve’s book and it’s great. If you want to here him talk about niching down and why it’s important not to be a penguin, listen to this podcast.

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  • Austin Kleon on Writing with Kids around

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    This is my favourite quote from the post: Lower your standards for what counts and progress, and you will be less paralyzed. – Adam Grant You don’t need to have kids to do this lowering of your standards for progress. As I’ve done more on YouTube I’m happy if I’m properly in focus and the…

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  • Are you going to put 3-years in?

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    I’ve been following Matt for a while now and this short excerpt from his podcast hit me last night. If you’re going to try something new, as I’m trying out YouTube, are you willing to put 3-years into it before you judge it? You start not even knowing what you don’t know. Then you get…

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  • Freelance Friday 036 – Dec 14 2018

    Freelance Friday 036 – Dec 14 2018

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    We’re getting close to Christmas and I’m prepping content while I’ll be off which means just after Christmas I’ll start the year with a content break. In fact, there will likely be a fairly big content revamp for me coming in the months ahead. To see it starting make sure you tune in to my…

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  • A Bullet Journal is like The One Ring

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    Jamie Todd Rubin on his Bullet Journal: Almost at once, I saw exactly where a Bullet Journal would fill a desperately needed gap: the One Book to Rule Them All. Jamie gives us a history of his notebook usage before showing us how a Bullet Journal fills the holes he kept finding in his day.…

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  • “Ugly” Bullet Journalling

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    Rebecca Renner writing for Book Riot: Ugly bullet journals are a wonderful thing. They exist. It’s just that a lot of them are hiding, ashamed to show their pages amongst their more Insagrammable peers. But that’s ridiculous, because it seems to me that, contrary to the perfectly measured and color-coded reputation bullet journals have garnered,…

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