How to Get Super Productive at Content Creation

Simple.  If you start writing a blog post, don’t stop until you have enough of a rough draft completed that you can publish it online immediately.  Yes, you may need research to support your post, but sprint out a rough draft and get it online.  If you need to flesh out it later, so be […]

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Don’t Write First Drafts in WordPress

I suggest you not draft your posts in WordPress.  It’s just too slow.  Also, by drafting them offline, you have a backup copy saved just in case your site goes down.  Draft the title, think of the categories, and write the content offline—in MS Word, OneNote, or Evernote—then move them up when they are finished. […]

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Just Grind It Out

Are you lost and confused?  Afraid? Just pick something that matters.  That you think you should do.  And take a tiny step. Grind it out. When I was most lost in fear, I just started doing stuff that mattered to me. I took walks early in the morning. I took baby steps to starting blog […]

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What A Long Strange Trip It’s Been – My Crazy Path From Diplomat To Investor To Writer To Entrepreneur

One thing is for sure: the other diplomats thought I was crazy. When I announced to my colleagues at Embassy Zagreb that I would be leaving the State Department after ten years as a diplomat, one colleague whom I hardly knew said, “So you’re the crazy who is quitting the State Department.”So Why Did I […]

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Out In The Wild…..

I’m guessing this post by Paul Graham drew a fair amount of flak.  After all, he compares people who are employees (as opposed to those who work for themselves) to tamed animals in a zoo rather than beasts of the wild. While I think it was an extreme comparison, I have to admit that bailing […]

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If You Aren’t Having Fun,

You are playing someone else’s game. You are working in a field or environment that doesn’t match your personality. You should be doing something else. You don’t have to quit your job, but put your energy towards what resonates. And get to work.

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If You Are Stuck, It Means You Are Lacking Certain Key Skills

You have to grind it out. If you are stuck you need to just lean in with micro steps to get skills. Eventually the dam will break and things will get easier.

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Content Creator – The Epiphany That Allowed Me To Stop Flailing And Get Going

For a long time I floundered around in thinking how to tie writing, entrepreneurship, and technology together into a career.  Then, late one night, as I lay awake pondering, it came to me.  Yes, I love technology.  Yes, I am strongly drawn to entrepreneurship.  But my core skill is content creation.Content Creator As CareerI love […]

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