Have you ever started a new project and stuck to it for awhile before giving up and never working on it again? I sure have. It got especially bad through the early years of my career where I would start an exciting project, upload code to GitHub for a few weeks, and never work on …
I’m struggling today. If you’ve ever struggled to be consistent with something you care about so deeply, you’ll know the feeling. It’s been over 1024 days since I started to create content online. During these mostly fun, exciting, sometimes frustrating days, I have created some type of content. Week after week. Month after month. Year …
Over the last year, I’ve been obsessed with the concept of productivity & efficiency. If you aren’t familiar with the definitions or don’t feel like looking them up right now, it’s this: Productivity – Output per unit of time. Efficiency – Best output per unit of time. For the last couple years, I would experiment …
Every week for the last two years I’ve been creating online. I sit down in my office, bed, or patio and start to write down ideas, sections to new articles, video copy/sketches, and create something new. Some of these efforts have lead to exciting opportunities, others have not been seen by many. Why do I …
In just a couple months, it will be yet another year. This year has been extremely exciting for me. It’s had it’s hills & valleys but generally was a huge year of growth. This year, instead of setting clear goals, I went with a visualization exercise at the beginning of 2021 to help me picture …
Over the last couple years, I’ve spent most of my free-time helping people teach themselves a new skill like learning how to code and giving advice here & there. I’ve learned a lot of lessons along the way of throwing my hat into the ring of the world of content creation, and I’d like to …
You’ve probably heard the old analogy that there is an imbalance of our time, money, and energy depending on what stage we are in throughout our lives. If you haven’t, it’s the idea that when we’re young, we have no money. When we’re middle-aged, we have no time. And when we’re elderly, we have no …
Have you ever found yourself in a slump? Repeating the same old patterns when you’ve shown yourself a better way? Here’s one trick that you might think is just common sense, but the reality is that you have to keep moving. We all fall into bad habits, unfortunate events, and lengths of being at the …
You’ve probably heard of that famous story that emphasizes the importance of prioritizing what’s in your life. If you aren’t familiar with it, you can read it here: A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty mayonnaise jar …
If your job requires more than one or two scheduled events in a typical week, you probably aren’t leveraging a scheduling service, online assistant, or even your own office hours. Let’s talk about that more. I work as a Technical Product Manager where a large amount of time is spent in scheduled events. These are …
