30 Days of Clicking Publish
I’m not a fighter. I was in one fight in my life and I lost … soundly. It was in middle school. And I got a black eye and all. Lesson learned. I am a Typer, not a Fighter. These hands are delicate! So I vowed never to fight again or if I have to,…
Been watching the Olympics and every chance I get volleyball, my favorite sport, of any variety offered. The game is so beautiful and magical. I love how the best teams work together. I love the strategy and setup for a big BOOM spike. And how games go and are won. The last game I watched,…
Your success is equal to and often greater than the number of quality relationships you have. I can directly trace every success, or big accomplishment, or just good thing, I’ve had in life back to amazing people and relationships. Sometimes it was a simple introduction to another person that turned out so much. Other times…
Don’t Make Me Think was a game-changing book on web design for me that has fundamentally changed the way I think about the web and software and websites. But the philosophical approach is so useful in so many other areas of my life, particularly as a leader and entrepreneur, who faces deep questions and decisions…
This is the question I’ve been asking myself for the last two years solid, or since I officially entered mid-life. And it’s been a struggle. A couple years ago, I felt like I had hit the mountaintop. The summit. Seemingly overnight, I felt like I had checked off all the most important dreams I had…
Not everything is a game but it’s how I think and approach business and work. And business is the best game I’ve found to play. This week I’ve been thinking deeply on how to decide when to keep going or quit related to my various business projects. And I had an epiphany: I don’t play…
Over the last couple of years I’ve gotten to reengage with agencies and freelancers for key services for my projects. And that’s given me a renewed and updated perspective on client services type work. I have all kinds of empathy about those who do professional services. Truly. I served a huge group of you for…
It’s almost comical to say but I’m busier than I’ve been in years. Each week I’ve got multiple live webinars, partner/team meetings, coaching meetings and connecting with others in the gaps. But that was all intentional when I left iThemes as I knew I needed to “keep myself out there.” I knew I’d have the…
If you’ve been in business for any length of time, particularly offering your services as a freelancer, you’ve undoubtedly heard a prospective client say something like this: I know someone [typically a young relative] who can do [what they think you do] for [less money]. As someone who once offered services as a web designer…
I want to be in the Moving business. At least that is my highest aspiration for all my businesses, but let me explain. As I see it, there are generally two ways of doing business: Transactional or Transformational. If you’re in the Transaction business, you’re selling widgets. You’re in the business of selling …. car…