Archive of posts from November 2019

Daily Post #0719 • November 30 2019 • Craft

Four Hour Work Week For Meaningful Work?

Does the four hour work week apply to cause-driven work?

Daily Post #0718 • November 29 2019 • Experience

Client in Your Pocket

Not a real client, of course.

Daily Post #0717 • November 28 2019 • Experience

The Importance of a Safe Pair of Hands

Why did you buy that?

Daily Post #0716 • November 27 2019 • Resilience

Ew, Salesperson

And yet, we are all in sales.

Daily Post #0715 • November 26 2019 • Craft

Is This That Which I Feared?

A famous Stoic phrase, “Is this that which I feared?” lends itself to meaningful pursuits of important work:

Daily Post #0714 • November 25 2019 • Craft

One Kick 10,000 Times ​

“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” – Bruce Lee

Daily Post #0713 • November 24 2019 • Experience

Are You the Content or the Commercial?

We get to choose.

Daily Post #0712 • November 23 2019 • Experience

Your Pain Is My Priority

Quick, that client has an emergency! What are you going to do about it?!

Daily Post #0711 • November 22 2019 • Experience

Should Marketing Be Profitable?

I hear this question a lot.

Daily Post #0710 • November 21 2019 • Momentum

You Call That Progress?

It’s really up to you, y’know.

Daily Post #0709 • November 20 2019 • Craft

Shorten The Distance

Starting a project is exciting for some, daunting for others. The daunting feeling is usually mostly to do with the way they approach working on the project.

Daily Post #0708 • November 19 2019 • Craft

There Is Enough Time

“I don’t have time for that…”

Daily Post #0707 • November 18 2019 • Experience

Worth Is Relative

How much is your furniture worth?

Daily Post #0706 • November 17 2019 • Resilience

You’re Pushing Them Away

Did you know you’re pushing those you wish to serve…away?

Daily Post #0705 • November 16 2019 • Craft

Make Them

When you write a blog post and publish it, it becomes live for the whole world to see.

Daily Post #0704 • November 15 2019 • Experience

Are You Automating The Wrong Things?

Automation is great. Sometimes.

Daily Post #0703 • November 14 2019 • Craft

Essential Tools For Your Journey

One-off purchases, monthly subscriptions, we all have them…

Daily Post #0702 • November 13 2019 • Craft

It’s Your Job To Make Them Interested

Why are they talking to you? Because you might be able to help them solve a problem.

Daily Post #0701 • November 12 2019 • Resilience

They’re Hurting, Too

Don’t curse the imperfections of your journey:

Daily Post #0700 • November 11 2019 • Experience

Last Chance To Save?

You might get as many emails as I do, informing you that today is the “last chance to save!”

Daily Post #0699 • November 10 2019 • Craft

On Being A Blessing

The marketplace can be harsh. Because people can be harsh. Are you being a blessing?

Daily Post #0698 • November 09 2019 • Momentum

You Can Do More Than You Think

“I can’t” seems often to be the start of a sentence we’ve not thought about enough:

Daily Post #0697 • November 08 2019 • Momentum

Doing Things My Way

Sometimes, “doing things my way” is a recipe for ignorance, arrogance, and marginalization.

Daily Post #0696 • November 07 2019 • Craft

Winning Is Only Half The Battle

Winning and Losing aren’t so different, when it comes to our important work or our life journey:

Daily Post #0695 • November 06 2019 • Narrative

Creepy Technology And You

Facebook’s getting some pretty rough press at the moment.

Daily Post #0694 • November 05 2019 • Experience

2,000 Ways To Make Your Product Better

What area of your important work needs to develop?

Daily Post #0693 • November 04 2019 • Momentum

They Won’t Steal Your Secret Recipe

Do you have a secret recipe?

Daily Post #0692 • November 03 2019 • Craft

1,000 Futures

What’s the future like for that which matters to you?

Daily Post #0691 • November 02 2019 • Narrative

When You Think You’re Making Sense, But Aren’t

A byproduct of subculture often appears to be “lingo”:

Daily Post #0690 • November 01 2019 • Experience

Saving Geographic Communities

Walking around the market was a joy not because you knew you had unlimited options, but because you knew the decisions you made benefited your community.

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