I don’t promise magical transformations. No one can. I don’t promise you that you talk to me and the hard work is just gone somehow. People who promise stuff like that are full of shit.   What I can do, what I am good at, is helping be your guide post. When you have the “ugh, why am I doing this!?” or the “Is this system really working for me?” wobble points.   We can work out together if it’s that you need a system change or a different prompt/trigger to get started or if it’s just a shit day to be trying things.   I’m here to help you…

Embracing Shiny Objects   I love shiny objects. The planet seems to think that you have to hate them at all costs, but the planet is wrong. Investigating something new, learning, playing, trying… it feeds me. It’s ok if it feeds you too!   The reason people say they’re “bad” is that they assume, sometimes rightfully, that the new thing will take over. This is how I deal with it:   Limit Myself I try to find a limit on how far I go into a new thing. Not doing a new thing will bug me, but if I can limit myself to an hour looking into it, it gives…

I was watching a summit last year and there was a segment on using live video to sell your digital products.   They made some really great points about the benefits of live video. The one that stuck out for me was no editing – gotta love something that skips a step and lets me embrace shiny objects when I want to!   The other great point they made was that live video gives your audience a taste of what it’s like to work with you, talk to you, hang out with you.   Which is a great point, but for me, it’s a great point in a totally different…

Most people can appreciate the need for systems when it’s framed as something such as hiring a virtual assistant and getting organised to pass tasks to someone else to action.   Systems are so much more than outsourcing or hiring.   Systems let your business scale.   A simple example of this is a payment processor. Say you sell a single product or service, but you have no functionality to take credit cards.   Instead, you have to email each person and ask them to deposit cash into your bank account. Then you have to cross check the name and other details to make sure you give the correct product…

Thought leaders don’t really inspire me. It’s like the meme about forks … that’s how thought leaders and Ted talks sound to me:     (Alt text is on image, I’m unsure of original source.)   I don’t find thoughts impressive (mostly, there are always exceptions). I have too many thoughts, for crying out loud. I don’t need more and I don’t want to sell everyone on every thought that flits through my head.   What impresses me is not so much the thought, but using the thought. How easy is it for people to implement a bright idea? Where is the support for the idea? What and where and…

Why are all of my services one to one?   In the eons that I’ve been online, I’ve met great people, learned a tone, and seen lots of different things get sold.   But the other thing I’ve seen is the downside… when someone presents {idea} as the only way of doing {task}, tons of people will follow them and try to make their life/idea/project fit into that idea.   And… it just doesn’t work. Humans are diverse. Our experience, abilities, social factors are wide variables, and fitting into a box unnecessarily is something I feel tired of seeing. I want people to make progress on and achieve their goals.…

Banish Expectations   It’s time to banish the thought that you have to do certain tasks at certain times, or in certain ways. Or first thing in the morning. (Or last thing at night, while doing yoga drinking cold press whatever-that-is while smiling at the ceiling.)   Sometimes I work well in batches. Sometimes the “tick this off once a week” (or once a day) type approach helps. Just as our lives are not static, our systems don’t have to be set in stone either. They need to exist, but they can change with you.   It’s the internet, so here the disclaimer for the “but what about” devils advocate…

Who Is Screaming The Loudest?   Is saw this tweet and it immediately inspired me to share a story.   How should we prioritize tasks? Maybe by asking, “Who is screaming the loudest?” and getting them out of the way. I try to do the tasks I dread the most in the morning for this reason. I know I’ll stress and worry all day otherwise. https://t.co/hpCnTcbWZ7 — The ADHD Academic (@theADHDacademic) September 2, 2021 The tweet reads: How should we prioritise tasks? Maybe by asking, “Who is screaming the loudest?” and getting them out of the way. I try to do the tasks I dread most in the morning for…