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Your Year in Review: Essential Questions
Many people don’t realize how much positive change they can create by asking and then answering the right questions. I encourage you to take some time to determine what commitments and course corrections you wish to make and then take inspired action. Let’s focus on just one per day this week so we are able…
The truth about getting started
Happy new year, my friend. As we begin the new year, let’s talk about the truth about getting started. The best time to start something was yesterday. The second best time to start is now. Wherever you are, that’s a good place to start. Start before you are ready. It’s easy to get overwhelmed by…
Fresh Squeezed 006: When things don’t go as planned
Sometimes, despite all our efforts, things don’t go as planned. Shocking, I know! This Fresh Squeezed email is supposed to go out on Tuesdays at 7am. I didn’t make it happen this week. I’m sure I could have, but I prioritized other things knowing the repercussions of pushing this back were more palatable than those…
Fresh Squeezed 005: Essential Questions
How would you summarize the year?Me? I’m tired of all the jokes, memes, and complaining about 2020. To be honest, 2020 was a good year for me in a lot of ways. Sure, COVID, lockdown, social distancing, volatile markets… but all of those things are beyond my control. The things that are in my control went quite well! …
Fresh Squeezed 004: What could you do today that would matter a year from now?
What could you do today that would matter a year from now? Almost every day I talk with people about their big ideas and their businesses…all the things they “are going to do.” Their intentions are true, but the reality is that the majority of these things never happen in reality. Their ideas may be…
Fresh Squeezed 003: Ideaphoria
I just spent the last four socially distant days repainting my studio. Yeah, looks great, thanks for asking! 😉 Not only did the walls really need it, but so did my head.Taking a step back from the daily grind, the deadlines, the competing priorities and expectations and simply losing myself in the process of painting…
Fresh Squeezed 002: Inspiration
Rumor has it that I get all my ideas from other people. It’s true. Inspiration is all around us. To keep your tank filled, surround yourself with interesting, positive, smart, inspiring people. Similarly, if you consume and surround yourself with good art, music, fiction, prose, or film, etc., I can’t imagine you’d ever run out…
Inspiration is all around us
To keep your tank filled, surround yourself with interesting, positive, smart, inspiring people. Similarly, if you consume and surround yourself with good art, music, fiction, prose, or film, etc., I can’t imagine you’d ever run out of ideas. It’s important to stay inspired. My job requires me to be creative on demand. With each new…
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…
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.
