The most important things to read this year
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When we’re young, we search and search for who we really are. This is often most apparent in our teen years as many of us run far from the beliefs our parents tried to instill in us throughout our years under their care. In my house my brother went the route of tattoos and ‘punk’…
Are you changing this just because it makes you more comfortable?
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There are lots of cool tools out now. Developers can dive into a new JavaScript framework almost every day and each one is bigger/better/faster than previous ones. These new tools are often shiny and fun, and there is nothing wrong with trying them out, but there is something wrong when you foist them on your…
You need to give your clients freedom
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So many ‘freelance’ guru’s tell you to get clients on your hosting, or some other form of lock in. Today I’m going to talk about why I think that’s a bad idea.
You need to embrace this one thing to become the person you want
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We all have some idealized form in our heads of the person we’re going to become. Maybe our ideal has bigger muscles than we do, or makes more money or is more respected in the industry. Whatever it is, we aspire to be that person yet we often struggle with how to get there. We…
You provide value by solving a client’s problem
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I hate hourly pricing. Why? Because on the client side, it’s way too open-ended and for you, it doesn’t factor in the years of experience you’ve built up prior to the current project you’re pricing. It also puts the value in simply showing up, not in producing real results with your time. Butt in seat??…
Clients don’t want perfection – they want someone that digs in to the mistakes
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If, no wait, we all make mistakes so WHEN you make a mistake don’t run from it. Clients don’t want someone that runs from mistakes they want someone that digs in to the issues at hand.
Don’t participate in the culture of easy answers
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We live in a culture of easy answers. We’re drawn to a blog post titled, “5 Tips to Solve Every Problem You Have in 5 Seconds” truly believing that this fantastic claim could possibly hold any truth. We figure that by using these tips we’ll suddenly gain the same level of success as the author.…
How to start running effective meetings today
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If you’re still in a job and looking to get out working for yourself, one of the best things you can do is to start running better meetings. In almost every company someone can call a meeting with 10 people that costs over $1,000/hour but would never actually spend $1,000 of company money. Then on…
The best time to become a great consultant is when you still have a job
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I know you want to leave that job as fast as possible, but don’t. Don’t miss the opportunity to start being a better employee and practice being a good consultant. There is no better place to practice.
How shallow thinking harms our ability to be productive and learn: The Shallows by Nicholas Carr
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How is the Internet and social media changing our brains? Is this change for the better? Will the changes in our brains from today’s digital media help or hinder our long-term success in life and our ability to learn? Where Deep Work tried to answer these questions and provide a path towards getting focused attention…
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