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Call me crazy (you won’t be alone)… But I was “wowed” by the little ball of wax on the tip of my new ballpoint pen. I never knew that was a thing. But it’s an AWESOME thing for a consumer of pens because… This has got to be the first pen I’ve EVER bought that…

2024 has already been a year of anxiety for email marketing. What with the Gmail changes to enforce tighter checks for senders of bulk email. Now on the horizon, there’s Apple’s iOS 18 email client changes. From September, the email app in iOS will start sorting emails into different folders (much like Gmail does already).…

The social media oligarchs want you comfortably trapped in their digital worlds. At least that’s my take on things. Cynical, maybe. But any savvy business owner knows the most dangerous number in business is… one. Pinning all your hopes and dreams on building an audience on one social media platform is a recipe for misery…

I trashed a 123 year old book… with words that were printed three generations ago. Tossed out with the weekly trash. My voice inside was shouting… “SACRILEGE, CHRIS! … HOW COULD YOU?” That’s because… for years I’ve had my own “no book should every be thrown away” philosophy. It was based on… umm… nothing more…

My Japanese is abysmal these days. I only really remember how to say things like “hello”… “I can’t speak Japanese very well” … And… “You’re stupid!”… (Of course… that insult was forever etched into my mind as a 14-year old!) While visiting Japan for a high school language trip… we got to see a bit…

I’ve dabbled in a number of languages over the years… And while I was doing extra dabble-time with French… I was listening to a lot of French pop music. All in aid of trying to give my abysmal language skills a boost. It helps me listen for words I know. And get a better feel…

I could feel the surge of electricity as I read… Power like I’ve never felt before… Or… I probably pulled on my nylon jacket one too many times. ⚡ No matter, because… The royal zapping Steven Pressfield’s book, The War of Art, gave me… was JUST what I needed. It always packs a huge punch…

When starting off with a client… NOT asking the right questions can can lead to mucho pain and suffering. The answers you get — and the decisions you make because of them— can mean the difference between a successful and happy client relationship… and a jolly painful one. I know it’s super-easy to get focused…

I thought I was doing so well, because… while getting dinner ready on Sunday night… I thought I’d get a couple of other things ready for the week ahead. One was making bread with our bread maker. And my wife’s been enjoying home-made yogurt lately… so I set up the yogurt-maker too. Dinner was a…

My email service provider doesn’t support images in emails. And guess what? … it’s one of the reasons I chose to use it. Wait! … What?!? … Why would you do that Chris? The answer’s simple… I care about what I write. And I care about daily email being sustainable for me. That means making…