Q. Is there a difference between “having a lot of work” and “building a business”? Oh, YES. You can have plenty of work and never actually build a business. In fact, if you’re chronically on the edge of burnout or frazzled, or if you feel like...
Structure is not the enemy of Creative Flow. Nor is Creative Flow enemy of Structure. In fact, creativity and structure thrive together, even give rise to one another. Creativity and Structure are like a river and its banks. Without the structure, the water would be...
Most people I know hate the phrase, “It is what it is.” And I get where the dislike comes from. It's a often accompanied with a shrug and used to express some kind of finality. It's often shorthand for, “Hey, it's not my problem,” or...
Popular advice tells you to “organize your business in whatever way works for your brain.” That advice is popular because it's easy, not because it's good. Organizing your business in a way that makes sense to you works fine unless and until any other...
What do I say? I've been answering that question for almost twenty years now. It's universal. The question, “What do I say?” comes up over and over again in those difficult, awkward, and “sticky” situations. And over the years, I've...