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Your Business Spring Cleaning Checklist
OK, so the groundhog lied. Here in Baltimore, I spent the day vacuuming with a YouTube playlist blasting, attacking the living room with a duster in each hand, washing sheets and scrubbing crannies. Spring cleaning at its finest….and it snowed the whole day. Spring isn’t exactly here yet. But it’s time to clean house. Not…
Read MoreMaking Important Things Urgent. Right Now.
I’ve re-learned a few things this week. That the most important things are rarely urgent. That they don’t bang down your door and demand immediate attention the way bills, taxes, and errands do. But it’s important to make important things urgent. You have to do this yourself. No one will do it for you. A…
Read MoreThe Only Un-Stealable Marketing Is…
Here’s some advice that Oprah gave me. Well, not me personally, she said it in an interview. Oprah went on the air at a time when Phil Donahue was the king of daytime television. Everyone said she’d never get anywhere with her show because Donahue was unchallengeable, both in his ratings and his presence…
Read MoreThe Fastest Way To Bankrupt Your Dream. (And How To Avoid It.)
I showed up at Yale with two crammed suitcases, two bright eyes, and two main goals: Learn everything I could, and fill my passport with stamps as soon as humanly possible. This was back when I thought world travel was expensive, complicated, and not do-able alone. I assumed that the only way I could afford…
Read More“Photography Isn’t Art.”
Check your gut reaction to the title. Because it’s less of a title, and more of a psychological test. I’ll explain this in a minute. First, settle down and let me tell you a story about bees. As childhood memories of swelling red welts may remind you, many kinds of bees (and wasps) should not…
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