As I was considering what my creativity exercise would be for this week, I realized that I’ve been meaning to waste time creatively! What the what?! How could I have forgotten? And then, I found myself feeling guilty. Guilty that I’d not wasted time RIGHT.…
The lead magnet. The opt-in offer. Bribes. Freemiums. Gifts. Lots of names for one simple thing—something you give away in return for someone signing up for your email list. I’ve received PDFs that give me instructions on how to improve my Instagram presence, writing skills,…
Do you feel pressured to fill every moment of time with a useful activity? Me too. In fact, as I started thinking about how wasting time could be beneficial to my creative process, I made the bed in our guest room. The clean sheets had…
As I write this essay, news travels around the country that a beautiful, accomplished, successful, strong, and seemingly happy young woman ended her life over the weekend. Two of the anchors on the morning news program we watch were almost in tears as they discussed…
How about a little image play? I found this painting at the Rijksmuseum site and couldn’t resist the frolicking skaters! Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters, Hendrick Avercamp, c. 1608 Delve into this scene and you begin to see the frozen moments in village life. People…
Accountability is a big part of what I provide clients as a coach. However, I’m less a drill sergeant than a philosopher. I am not a coach who is going to command you to submit a certain number of queries or visit a certain number…
You can explore this question all across the internet, but truly the answer comes down to this. You build an email list one person at a time. And you get that one person by asking them to subscribe. That’s really it. Now, let’s talk about…
Our creative obstacles often seem as big as the supervillains in the James Bond films. They sit in their evil electric chairs, pet their evil white Octopussy, and plot the end of the world for no more reason than “HAHAHA! I am EVIL!” And James…
Did you make a resolution this year? How is it going? I know. Enthusiasm takes over in that last week/first week of the year zone and makes grand plans and amazing promises! And most times the enthusiasm slides away after a few days or a…
“But if you don’t find fulfillment in something other than work, then you will fail those in the chair in front of you.” – Dr. Kovich, Star Trek: Discovery, “The Examples” When I heard these words on an episode of Star Trek: Discovery recently (I’m…