How do you decide your next move? Here’s what’s next for me
How do you decide your next move? When I left Emphasys a few years ago, I knew I was making a jump into the WordPress ecosystem full time, and I was unsure of what that would look like. Thankfully my friend ...
Learning to leverage insecurity
Can we talk about insecurity for a second? What’s the secret to your success? When I was speaking at the Double Your Freelancing Conference, I had lunch and dinner with several great freelancers. One of them, over the course of ...
How do you think about your own career planning?
I’ve been asked a lot recently about my next steps and what I’m pursuing. As I’ve answered the questions, I’ve seen a lot of eyebrows raise. I think it’s mostly because of how I think about career planning. The best route ...
Five reasons you haven’t launched a new product yet
Everyone has ideas & plans. The difference between you and everyone else, I hope, is that you will act. You will create. You will go past the initial ideas and move towards the more critical part—the execution of the plans and the ...
Are you using WordPress for coaching?
If you’re using WordPress to run a coaching program of any kind, I want to know about you. What do you mean coach? A lot of coaches, trainers, and others putting content online (or creating courses) often need two different ...
The business problem many men don’t have
Note, the issue below is not only a female thing. Men experience it too. The stories are illustrative, not proof. I’ve coached hundreds of folks—men and women—my opinion is based on that. Last week I was at BIF2015 This past ...
365 Days with Crowd Favorite
Today begins year number two with Crowd Favorite. It’s hard to believe 365 days have passed since I joined the company. When I took the job… When I took the job I had hoped to travel less. The quarter of my ...
4 Tips for working from home without living in your office
I starting working remotely in 1998 It’s crazy to think that this month marks the 17th year of me working remotely, out of my own home. While there have been stretches in the last seventeen years where I’ve had to ...
Do you know my friend Lisa?
You can imagine what she heard when applying for jobs. You have probably felt it yourself if you’re prone to insecurity or the impostor syndrome. “You didn’t finish high school?” The kind of exterior you have to develop to navigate ...
My YoastCon Talk: Hope is not a Strategy
Maybe you've seen me wear the t-shirt or share the quote. Here's my YoastCon talk where the audience shared "hope is not a strategy" to all.