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On this page, you can scroll back through the archives and view every post I’ve ever written.
I won’t lie, there are a lot. Many of them likely won’t be relevant to you.
But my hope is that by poking around and reading through a few of them, you’ll come across an idea that sparks something for you, makes you think about a problem in a new light.
Or, if you’d rather browse through a curated selection, feel free to start with one of the lists below.
Happy reading 🙂
Best Of The Blog
Complete Archive
When You Have Nothing Worth Sharing
Photo by Noah Silliman on UnsplashYou might feel like you have nothing worth sharing.No knowledge, no insight, definitely no wisdom.Even the subjects in which you feel most competent already have all the information anyone could ever need readily available, and for...
Collect & Connect
Photo by Katie McNabb on UnsplashAt it’s simplest, being a great content creator is all about collecting and connecting dots.Whether you’re a podcaster, blogger, Youtuber, etc, your role is to provide fresh insight and knowledge related to your topic.But where does...
Ownership Is a Prerequisite to Progress
Photo by Gaelle Marcel on UnsplashWhen you’re looking to improve some aspect of your work, it’s essential to understand that until you can take ownership of the current situation, progress will be difficult.You might not be entirely responsible for your current...
Improve On Mediocre
Photo by Jungwoo Hong on UnsplashWhen you’re looking to start a new business or create content for a new niche, you’ll probably hear advice along the lines of “Find a gap and fill it.”The problem is that sometimes it’s hard to find a gap that fits your interests,...
Your Audience Needs a Translator
One of the most valuable roles you can play for your audience is as a translator. There’s more than enough content scattered around the internet for them to piece things together for themselves. But even if they have the information, they won’t necessarily know what...
What Hasn’t Been Done Before?
Photo by Pietro De Grandi on UnsplashMaybe the best way to grow an audience is to create work that hasn’t been done before.No, it might not be completely original, in fact, it will probably be composed entirely of borrowed parts and ideas. But at least some part of...
Everyone Starts From Zero
Zero listeners, zero fans, zero reputation. Every podcaster starts in the same place. It’s easy to begrudge the big brands and media empires entering the space and instantly racking up millions of downloads, but don’t forget, they started from zero too. Not in the...
Why Should Anyone Listen to You?
pPhoto by Aleyou’re ruber on UnsplashIt’s a worthwhile question to ask for anyone looking to grow a podcast.Of course, there are the million (and counting) other podcasts against whom you’re competing for listener’s time. But it doesn’t end there.Most people who...
All In
Photo by Chris Liverani on UnsplashYou’ll never know what you’re truly capable of creating until you go all in.It’s not that you’ve knowingly been holding back to this point, but you probably haven’t dug deep enough within yourself to hit bedrock, the point beyond...
Two Simple Skills for Success in Anything
Photo by Gabrielle Henderson on UnsplashThe more I think about the skills and habits that are most essential to achieving success in any field, the more it comes back to two simple skills we each already possess but often make little use of.The first is...
Progress Happens When the Bar is Raised
Photo by Franck V. on UnsplashSo often we defer to someone outside of ourselves to set the bar that dictates what’s expected of us.It might be a stretch at first to meet that expectation, but after a while, it becomes rote, the norm, business as usual.At this point,...
Face The Dark
Photo by Jez Timms on UnsplashIt’s easy to shut off the news, avoid the negative, avert our eyes what we don’t want to see in the name of staying positive, fueling our creativity, and maintaining our own mental health.Garbage in garbage out, after all. Our inputs...
We’ve Already Inherited Everything We Need
Photo by NASA on UnsplashWhen is the ceremony?Is there an official key exchange?Who’s hand will I get to shake as the media furiously snaps photos of the historic event?So often when it comes to macro global trends, movements, and events like climate change or the...
What’s Your Hook?
Photo by Alan Bishop on UnsplashThink of the last movie you saw in the theater.Chances are, before committing to that movie you either heard about it from a friend or saw the trailer and were intrigued enough to find out more.Whether it’s filling movie theater seats...
Why Won’t This Work?
Photo by Mimi Thian on UnsplashBefore you start down the road of creating something that matters to you, it’s worth picturing the end result.In the event that your work succeeds it’s important to understand what you’re working towards.But perhaps it’s even more...
Set a New Baseline
Photo by Luke Chesser on UnsplashBaselines are important for measuring the quality and effectiveness of your future work, but they can also be a trap.Whether it’s how much you charge, how much you can get done, how many people your latest podcast or blog post reaches,...
Slumps Are Inevitable
Photo by Joshua Rawson-Harris on UnsplashNo matter how good and for how long things have been going, eventually we all will hit a slump.It might be confined to a single pursuit or practice, or it might affect our entire lives.Results that once came easily we now have...
Rules for Interesting
Photo by JOSHUA COLEMAN on UnsplashWe all want more interesting in our lives.We want interesting friends, to work with interesting clients or for interesting organizations, do interesting things, eat interesting food, read interesting books and have interesting...
Healthy Compromise
Photo by Christophe Hautier on UnsplashWhen you have high standards for yourself it’s only natural to want, or perhaps even need, everything you do to be done at nothing less than 100% of your capability.These standards can lead you to excel in many of your pursuits,...
Get to the Root of Your Problems
Photo by Anna Hunko on UnsplashWhat if almost every one of the problems and challenges you’re currently facing could be traced back to a single source?So often we find ourselves racing around putting out a dozen different fires, applying bandaids, duct tape, and...
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