The 2 Reasons Your Life and Business Aren’t Expanding, Part 1: Waste

“Even the pros get this one way wrong.”
Have you hit the ceiling with your own personal production or income? Are you ignoring your friends, not walking the dog and skipping meals just so you can get more work done? If so, this post and the next in the series are for you.
Writers can only write [...]

The 2 Reasons Your Life and Business Aren’t Expanding, Part 2: Delegation

Even if you don’t have teammates, you can still have a team
In Part 1, Waste we talked about how wasted time and actions (same thing, really) make it appear that you just can’t expand.
You feel you can’t work any more than you do, can’t make any more money and you’re tied to the desk with [...]

Anti-GTD advice: Managing your email and good customer service

You may be productive but your customer service blows
I don’t check my email every hour or four as GTD specialists seem to recommend.
I never check it at all because my email is always up and it checks itself every minute. I use the Gmail/Google Notifier combo and when someone writes, a little window pops up [...]

Life Myths #1 – Do what you love and the money will follow

Do what you love and the money will follow
The first time I heard this I was about fourteen and all I really loved were Victoria’s Secret catalogs. I envisioned a grand future where all I had to do to make money was steal my mother’s mail, but alas my passion never earned me a dime. [...]

How to take criticism like a champ. Or not at all.

“Think of how dumb the average guy is, then realize that half of them are dumber than that.” – George Carlin
Opinions and criticisms. They’re a dime a dozen. And they’re not always welcome.
Sometimes they change things for the better and sometimes they make someone seem like a useless windbag.
But you’re going to encounter criticism, often [...]