Hooray for Guest Post Wednesday and Gareth! The universe is a great teacher. It has an endless amount of lessons that it is willing to teach you. The only problem is that it’s not all that selective. It’ll teach you lessons you’re ready for, lessons you’re not ready for, and lessons that you’ve forgotten and…
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Joyous work
photo credit: Dmitry Kichenko I did my taxes a couple of days ago and I have another two thousand dollars coming into my bank account soon. This is a great thing, because Operation: Catherine Makes a Living While Not Actually Working is delightful, but slow. I’m glad I have more time for it to develop….
Stop undervaluing yourself!
photo credit: Andres Rueda Yesterday, in the comments on the article about using unexpected strengths to enhance your website, Peter said this: It’s hard to think of strengths as something that comes easy to us. I think of hard work to make something a strength. We’ve all felt that feeling. Which sucks, because it’s one…
Unexpected strengths
photo credit: Robbert van der Steeg I was just having a nice chat with Karl from Work Happy Now about his new focus on helping creative people find and use their superpowers. This reminded me of something I’ve been meaning to tell you about for awhile, so get a glass of milk, sit down, and…
Wonderful power dynamics
photo credit: Canon in 2D My work is empowerment. I teach you what you need to have power: over technology, marketing, copywriting, your own mind. You gain more power from your new mastery, and you use that power to make websites that empower others. In exchange for the power I give you, you give me…
Flip it
photo credit: Badruddeen If you spend all your time researching, spend today acting. If you spend all your time in action, spend today learning something new. What are you doing today? Tell me in the comments!
Review: Two Hour Business Plan
It’s Review Thursday, where I tell you in depth about the products I’ve bought and that people are starting to send me to review! I received a free copy of this product, and if you buy through this link I get a reward, which I will use to buy a shiny pony. Or, you know,…
Why your Right People need the REAL you
Hooray for Guest Post Wednesday and Susan! Those of us who write, interact and generally hang out on the web know that it’s entirely possible to show just the parts of us that we want seen and hide the rest. And, of course, no one will ever know because you’re not face to face, right?…
Grab for that bronze ring
photo credit: kevindooley I’m sitting at my desk, reading the buttload of great content people put out on Tuesdays, yawning and feeling pretty comfy and not 100% awake, planning for my first consulting session of the day and lunch with my ex-co-workers later in the week, looking out the window at the early-morning haze and…
Gimme your brains
I like to check in occasionally and ask the Big Questions. So! What do you want to see more articles on? What posts have been the most helpful? What’s rocking your world? Come tell me in the comments!