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  • Whining says more about you than the target of your complaining

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    Note this when you’re complaining. You’re saying way more about yourself to everyone around you. Saying negative, divisive, personal things about ANYone is generally pretty petty and pointless, though, and tends to be more telling about the person spouting the hate than the subject of said hate. – Searching for Balance

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  • A Goal Without a System is Just a Dream

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    From Shawn Blanc on Two Goal-Setting Camps. A goal without a system is just a dream. Something you’d love to see happen but which you’re not taking any meaningful action toward. And a system without a goal is just a rote discipline that’s not taking you anywhere in particular. I’m not sure which of Shawn’s…

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  • You’re way too scheduled to think

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    Stop, Take a Break, And Just Think. Mental breaks increase productivity, replenish attention, solidify memories and encourage creativity. The first thing I put in a new notebook on reading, is what I hope to get out of the reading I’ll catalogue in the book. What topics do I feel I need to cover?How deeply should…

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  • I don’t want you to have a 6-figure income

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    I want to be clear, I say I want to help you build a 6-figure business not because the 6-figures is what’s important. I don’t care about the dollars you earn, I care about the parent and husband and wife you can be. I want you to have a business that allows you to hang…

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  • Sure blogging is great, but I need some tips to get started

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    It’s no secret that I write, and write a bunch. I’m going to end 2017 with around 215k words published in some fashion. Some of them are scripts that got turned into videos. Some of it turned into three different books. But most of it was given away free on my site. Over the years…

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  • Do you step forward and do something or tweet about it?

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    Short thoughtful post from Patrick Rhone about doing stuff instead of just watching it happen. They didn’t have to do that. It wasn’t their responsibility. Though it was a pain in the ass, the employees would have taken care of it. The women could have just minded their own mess. Go read it

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  • Screw waiting for your client to pay you

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    I’ve written before about the practice of paying people after your client pays you. My short take is that it’s totally not acceptable. You should have the cash in your business to pay people. Well Andy Clarke at Unfinished Business agrees very strongly with me in episode 30. They talk about a bunch more things…

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  • Awesome landing page by Shawn Blanc for Delight is in the Details

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    I’m just working through my landing page for my upcoming book on running a viable freelance business but after looking at Shawn’s page I wonder if I should go back to the drawing board and do some more design. It’s really beautiful.

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  • Adopting a Legacy WordPress Site

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    I was asked to provide a guest post for Post Status about client services and I decided to walk through adopting a legacy WordPress site. The post shows you how I walk through getting the site set up for development and how I approach letting the client know something is happening.

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  • Great reading for digital product builders

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    I’ve only made it through the first few resources here – but they are awesome. Add them all to your Instapaper queue and read or watch the content.

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