How to Overcome Your Resistance to Committing to a Single Niche
Being top 20% in 3 different areas, make you top 1% in the combination. But, that’s true for any combination of 3 skills. So, show me that there’s a demand for ...
Category: Career Growth
The Four Kinds of Side Businesses You Can Start
“The biggest key to successful side hustles that I’ve seen? Understanding that you’re not starting a startup. Get this idea out of your head.”
A Modest Guide to Productivity
“We’re all subject to superiors’ whims and putting out small fires. But usually — mostly — the things left on the list are our fears. There is no pleasant way t...
The Importance of Intentional Hustle
“Most people start working on their logo for the next three months. But in order to make things happen you need to be able to turn your art into a business.”
Why You Need an Untouchable Day Every Week
“Untouchable Days have become my secret weapon to getting back on track. They’re how I complete my most creative and rewarding work. To share a rough comparison...
How Quitting Everything Daily Improves Your Creative Work
“With a clean slate in front of me, I reevaluate. I decide whether I still want all these elements in my life. If so, I think about why and I recommit with clea...
How to Pick a Career That Actually Fits You
“When it comes to careers, society is like your great uncle who traps you at holidays and goes on a 15-minute mostly incoherent unsolicited advice monologue, an...
You Are Not Your Customer
“They don’t think like you do. They don’t want what you want. They don’t believe what you believe. Their values are not your values. They don’t behave the way y...
Tax Tips for Freelancers
“If you can shore up the money part of your business, you can spend more time doing what you really love — the creative part of the job.”
Seven Things to Know Before You Quit Your Job to Launch a Business
“If you can’t start the business part time — you don’t deserve to quit yet.”