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.…
My dream schedule?
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From Farnam Street: Consider the daily schedule of famed novelist Haruki Murakami. When he’s working on a novel, he starts his days at 4 am and writes for five or six continuous hours. Once the writing is done, he spends his afternoons running or swimming, and his evenings, reading or listening to music before a…
It took a year to make reading more interesting than TV
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Justin writing on his site: It took me a full year to get here, but I finally realized that I’d hit my true goal of the year. The goal beneath the goal where reading was more interesting to me than lazily watching TV. I feel the same way much of the time. Also, I’ve read…
Should I Read It 039 – Finish by Jon Acuff
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Read the written review here Purchase Finish by Jon Acuff 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.…
Making a business niche change – Live in the Feast
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Great episode of Live in the Feast talking with John Locke about his transition to SEO for manufacturing. Take note he started this over a year ago to see results. It takes time people. You will not be an overnight success.
The Distraction Free iPhone
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Jake Knapp and shutting the distraction out of his iPhone which was spurred on by an honest question from his kid. “Dad, why are you looking at your phone?” He wasn’t trying to make me feel bad or anything. He was just curious. But I didn’t have a good answer. So why was I looking…
On the future book
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Craig Mod writes in Wired that though we envisioned some futuristic multi-dimensional book that would just go deeper when we picked something to focus on, this book is not here. What we do have is books written in email newsletters. Books funded on Kickstarter. Books in audio format. Our Future Book is composed of email,…
Merry Christmas Edition: Freelance Friday 037 – Dec 21 2018
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Well it’s Christmas next week so I’ll be off for two weeks. There are a few episodes of Should I Read It scheduled already, but that’s it after today. You can see my Merry Christmas goodbye video now: In short, I’m ending The Smart Business Show after almost 250 episodes. It’s not catching so I’ll…