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Identifying the Real Problems Your Business Has
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Over the last few weeks we’ve been addressing your goals. I started by telling you that yearly goals are terrible and that you need to stop doing them. Then we talked about the alternative that I use, setting goals in quarter increments and measuring progress. But before you do any goal setting, you need to
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I gave you the four questions I use to talk to buyers on Liquid Web
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I’ll be writing for Liquid Web now, and today I talked about the difference between buyers and gatekeepers. Most importantly, why you should be talking to buyers and how to figure out if you’re talking to the buyer of a project. While it can be flattering to be asked to quote on a project, it
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Freelance Friday 011 – June 22 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. This week was about pairing down a bunch of what I did
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Lessons from Steven Pressfield to Help You Write Something Worthwhile
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Have you ever wondered why you write and write and … you don’t get the traction you want? Your dreams of readers flocking to you just don’t happen? You wonder why nobody wants to read your shit? Well, Steven Pressfield, wrote an aptly titled book called Nobody Wants to Read Your Shit, to try to
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Should I Read It 020 – Nobody Wants To Read Your Shit by Steven Pressfield
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Today we’re going to walk with Steven Pressfield as we look at why nobody wants to read the crap you write. Purchase Nobody Wants to Read Your Shit on Amazon Written look at Nobody Wants to Read Your Shit This episode of Should I Read It is brought to you by The 8 Week Business
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I Agree With This Sentiment on the iPad Pro
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From The Sweet Setup I’ll highlight a few portions I agree with. The iPad has been my main computing device since the Pro line came out. Being without it for a few weeks has really highlighted why I prefer the iPad, and in many cases, has shown me how I can do more than on
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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