40 Things I’ve Learned in 40 Years
I turned 40 this week. It’s been something I’ve been thinking about for the last year, and it finally happened. So for my own sake, and for my children, and others who might enjoy it, I challenged myself to write 40 things I’ve learned in 40 years on earth. Please note: I reserve the right
The Key Missing Ingredient to Effective WordPress Websites
So many times in my own freelancing web design experience, I’ve found that I’d get a website done for a client, only to wait for content. And wait. And wait. And wait. It’s a sad fact about most websites. They simply don’t have good content (or content at all) to properly market and sell their
The Iceberg of Life
Note: I shared these ideas and stories around The Iceberg of Life from my own life — successes AND struggles — at PressNomics 4 in March 2016 and then again in December 2016 at WordCamp US. And now I’m finally getting to share it more broadly. Thinking about life and business like this has been
How to Build Your Self-Esteem for Health and Happiness
Just added a new book to my All-Time, Ultimate Reading List titled The 6 Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden. I wish I had started reading this book when I was a teenager, and read it every year afterward. Foundational, impactful, truth for health and happiness. “To trust one’s mind and to know that one
Be So Good …
Actor Steve Martin famously said: Be so good … they can’t ignore you. If I may add, Mr. Martin, to your great advice, the following, which is an edited version I shared with our team today. For your clients and customers …. Be so good … they know you truly love and care about them.
Looking Back on 2015
Just wrote this post for WProsper about how I don’t usually take time to look back at what I’ve accomplished, but did today and how good it was for my soul. Take 15 Minutes to Look Back
My New Dradcast Podcast Episode
My friends Brad Williams and Dre Armeda of Dradcast asked me to be the first guest host for Season 3, titled Bursting Bubbles. Had a great time on the show talking about everything from parenting as an entrepreneur, culture and camaraderie at iThemes to WordPress powering 25% of the web. Fun times all around, but
How I Get Rid of Guilt
Been thinking over the last week about guilt and its presence and impact in my life … and in those who I care about, so I wrote a length post on the iThemes blog about How to Deal with Guilt. Here’s an excerpt of how I determine if something is baseless, useless guilt, or actual
The Best Game Ever Invented: Business
Throughout my life, I’ve always enjoyed playing games, particularly strategic ones. In high school, I was one of the main nerds who played chess in the library at lunch. And I blame video games for helping me lose my scholarship in college. (Yeah, I know, I can’t blame anyone but myself.) But on Monday nights
Want To Live Your Dreams? Choose Them
I just wrote about a post over on the iThemes blog about living your dreams, after we live one of our lifetime dreams and got to live in Portugal for a month. In the post, I talk about: How living your dreams is about making good choices consistently How it’s about choices, not sacrifices Why