What do you love to do? Could you make a profession of it? If you can you will derive a tremendous amount of satisfaction in your work and I can guarantee you that you will deliver a better product or service to your clientele.
Category > Thoughts on Business Practices
Sweat the Small Stuff
The common expression is “don’t sweat the small stuff.” But my advice – going ahead and sweat the small stuff – push yourself and take those small steps. You never know – you could be swinging “monkey style” before you know it.
For the Self Employed
Getting audited would be a nightmare. Not having your information together would multiply the misery exponentially. The Tax Man is just about the scariest monster I’ve ever heard of, how about you?
The Bare Facts about the Backside
Is the backside of your business card bare? Don’t waste perfectly good marketing space!
Workin’ for a Livin’
Your printing, advertising, etc. needs really needs to work hard to help you succeed – that is it’s job. (Sometimes graphic designers forget that concept. It is easy as an artist to get caught up in creating “artsy stuff”.)
If It Walks Like a Duck…
Have you ever heard the expression “If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, its a duck?”
It has taken me longer in my life to learn that lesson that it probably should have. That applies to my business life as well. It is very important to listen closely when your intuition tells [...]
Julie and Julia
Why don’t they make more movies like this? There was no car chase, no removal of heads or other body parts with accompanying copious blood flow, no evil plot to destroy the world (Well, I do have to admit a couple of lobsters did meet their maker). I absolutely loved it.
Why? Okay. First of all, [...]