• Donʼt fake it until you make it

    Flying in the face of the typical advice, we are today. Usually it’s: Put on a brave face and make like you’re the dog’s bollocks. (Sorry, couldn’t track down an emoji for that) So I was catching up on reading… Read more…

  • Rambling over hill and dale

    Is there method behind the madness of my daily emails? Sure is. There’s also a lot that’s just me writing whatever flows from my fingertips onto my Keychron A2 mechanical keyboard. One part of my method is just writing stuff… Read more…

  • Maybe we should just forget it?

    Why oh why did I ever say I’d write an ebook? And what the heck was I thinking telling my email list about it? All seemed like a good idea at the time. Now I’ve got no wiggle-room. It ain’t… Read more…

  • “Go with the flow” works for me

    I woke up before the roosters. Took my daughter to the pools. Drove back. Sat down at my computer. In the past I would have ended up faffing around… half-heartedly opening a document I should probably be working on… then… Read more…

  • This grouch is dreamin’ of Tim Tams

    It never amazes me the ridiculous “national days” that they come up with. I mean… Today — 16th Feb — is “National Do a Grouch a Favor Day”. One site describes it like this: “For some, it’s in their nature… Read more…

  • Dr Jung’s prescription for this “oldie”

    Just got back from tennis coaching. Not mine. But feeling exhausted from watching my daughter run all around the court whacking the balls. Was feeling a little old after that. But then remembered this neat quote I stumbled across the… Read more…

  • The big deal with little posts

    Yesterday I posted in a Facebook group, sharing a “win” of mine. I didn’t expect to do anything more with that post. Once it was out of my head… onto the keyboard… into the group… viewed by others. That was… Read more…

  • The power of staying in touch

    Just today I had a client contact me who I worked for back in November ’22. He’d just decided to attend a conference and now needed a brochure. And a web page to go with it. They needed it fast… Read more…

  • Working for the mouse

    I spent 10 years “working for the man”. But… Vance Morris spent 10 years “working for the mouse“. He’s a former leader at Walt Disney World. And — I tell you what — he can teach you and I a… Read more…

  • Bad move… and I knew it

    Missed my best time for writing my email today. Becuase I left home early for a day out with the family. But worse: I had NOT followed my own rule: Picking an idea to write about the day before. VERY… Read more…