When’s the last time you completed on an open-ended task with no true deadline? That means: No external human reinforcement — punishment or reward — coming from a boss, a client, a teacher, a parent, a family member, a community, or a friend. No impending do-or-die imposed by the calendar (like a live event, a […]
Just a quick list of reasons I’m grateful to own & run my own totally bootstrapped, customer-funded business: We take vacation whenever we want… …and for as long as we want, with an hour or two daily work, max (often less!) We choose who to work with We set our own hours We can work […]
Hey hey hey, it’s Biz Book Friday! the tradition is coming back. Oh, Henry. Henry Ford was inarguably one of the best entrepreneurs the country (and possibly the world) has ever seen. To wit, here’s Wikipedia’s stunning intro to Ford’s achievements: His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry. As owner […]
There was a time when I was at the cutting edge of our industry. I got in on Ruby on Rails, and the Javascript revival, at nearly the ground floor, and worked with some of the biggest people in the PHP community before that. Because I wrote and taught and talked, I was moderately famous […]
Thomas and I are trying to get our shit together. Which is to say, we’re dreadfully disorganized, suck at habits, and routine, and not only is it making us irritating but it’s starting to affect our business. Bummer. Traditionally people like us (and, okay, us) try to patch this problem with software. But you can’t […]
The Product Revolution is Coming! Hey there, sexy. As you probably know, I’ve got a launch on right now for the 4th round of my 30×500 Launch Class — aka, the coolest, most bullshit-free, most hilarious, most systematic way ever to start & launch your first product. You also probably know that I’m not just […]
Gosh, sometimes I love the internet so much I want to marry it. If only internet bigamy were legal! (Sorry, honey.) Right now I’m crushin’ on the internet because of Least Helpful, a blog which does nothing more complicated than put together screenshots of terrible reviews, along with some witty one-liners. Very witty one-liners, in […]
I’m a little occupied with the launch of the new 30×500 class. In terms of launching the brand spanky new application process, we-eeeell… let’s just say my mouth wrote some checks my butt couldn’t cash. Still working’ on that. (Pssst. If you want to attend, you better get on the list now.) On the upside, […]
Hello, Q2 2012! I meant to do one of these retrospective posts in January, but you know what? Tax season seems like as good a time as any. 3 Years of Biz – The Numbers! In case you don’t know the story of my business, here’s the short version: in 2008, I married my rockstar […]
Here’s that adorable habit loop diagram from The Power of Habit: Last week, we established that I absolutely suck at habits. But why? Well, last week I had a theory: I suck at structure. This is undeniably true. I thought the next logical part of the explanation was: And cues are what trigger routines. They’re […]
