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simplicity is essential

Say More by Saying Less

In one sentence, tell me, who are you? In one sentence, tell me, what do you do? In one sentence, tell me, why does it matter? Mandatory brevity makes you really have to think about your answer, doesn’t it?

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FRESH SQUEEZED newsletter

Fresh Squeezed 001: The Essentials

Welcome to the first issue of my Fresh Squeezed newsletter! Is it January yet?! If your inbox is anything like mine, it is likely filled with tips for making the most of what’s left of 2020 to finish strong. Q4 is my busiest time of year. In addition to all of the usual end-of-year things…

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No one needs more content

No one really needs MORE content from you

No one really needs MORE content from you. What if I told you that Nobody really wants more information from you.  Nobody wants your free plus shipping book. Nobody wants your free checklist. They don’t even really want your paid content. Whaaaaa? Really. They don’t really want information. What they want is the TRANSFORMATION it promises. They want…

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Simplify

I am the obstacle in the pathway of all human progress

I am the obstacle in the pathway of all human progress. Dunno about you, but I sure feel like that some days. I often describe my job as a designer as creating elegantly simple solutions to complex problems. And wow do I excel at seriously complicating the simplest of things. LOL 🤪 I worked with…

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creating consistent content

On Becoming a Consistent Content Creator

Yesterday I wrote and published a post on ContentCreatorsPanner.com — How to Become a More Consistent Content Creator.  Oh, the irony…Until very recently, I had not really been a consistent content creator. My planner partner Kim and I laughed about it at first. Then I started thinking about why it was that I had not been…

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how to be a consistent content creator

How to Be a More Consistent Content Creator

We’re held back from achieving our potential, not by a lack of ideas, but by a lack of consistent execution.” ~ The 12 Week Year Most content creators struggle to be consistent. The intention is there but we are so busy with other things we often don’t have enough time or energy left over to…

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try risk crop

You Don’t Need Permission

You don’t need permission. Find what makes you happy, what drives you, and do it. Every day. Follow wherever it leads you.

Sometimes you don’t know you’re on the right path until you are far enough along to look back. I never wanted to do anything other than make things and I never could have planned the trajectory that got me here. Looking back, of course it was right, it worked.

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