Distinctions For Life Is Back

Over a decade ago I had a video podcast – remember when those were a thing – call Distinctions For Life. Well after a very long time I’ve decided to bring it back and make it my main thing. But there are a number of changes. It isn’t a video podcast. Or any kind of…

Why I Leased An Office

So I could look down at Abilene. 🙂 For the past year I’ve been doing software consulting from my home office. This has a lot of advantages, but recently I decided I needed to get an office outside of my house. Now that I’m sitting in my new office I thought I’d write a blog…

Have I’ve Become A Metrics Ass?

(Found this in my drafts folder it was written a year ago. In the middle of writing a post about The Four Hour Body, I thought it needed to be published.) I don’t know when it happen, but I noticed the other day I’ve become a metrics asshole. And no I’m not saying I measure…

The Photography Instructor Mastermind

Just today I saw on twitter a discussion of how every photographer hurt by the current economic woes was starting to teach workshops. In a sense the market is getting flooded with new photography instructors, which is causing a flood of supply. So I started thinking, how can we give ourselves an edge in a…

There is No Such Thing As “Your Customer”

If you think you are the only person your customers buy from you are mistaken. You would have to not only sell something totally unique, the customer would also have to only need one. In the vast majority of cases you make something that is one of a group of things your customer buys multiples…

My New Daily Ritual

All the credit for this new habit must go to Eben Pagan. I recently bought into one of his products and in the end it turned out not to be right for me, but the bonus teaching he gave with it is really working. Its why you are seeing this post right now. Eben says…

How I Turbo Charged My To Do List

Improving my To-Do list and getting things done has been a priority for me lately. I’ve been launching a business and specifically a new product and things were getting done, but it was often very hard to get them done. I kept working and working and feeling I hadn’t done much of anything. Every time…