Memento mori is a Latin phrase that means "remember you must die." This first blog post of 2023 was published on January 3. According to my Grandiloquent Word of the Day 2023 calendar, today is Memento Mori Day. That reminder and the arrival of a new year focused me...
Checking your branding, updating your contacts, and general planning are always good things to work on at the end of the year. As this is my last blog post of 2022, it's a good time to take stock and share some of what I've been seeing in the hopes it may be helpful...
October isn't just the start of the fourth quarter of the year, but it's a time for businesses to start preparing for the new year. Late last month, I decided to take care of a task that had been hanging over me for years: get a new headshot from a professional...
If you know your boundaries before you enter negotiations with someone, you’ll sleep better at night. Last year, I worked with a subcontractor who damaged my business. I dropped him when my client was unhappy with the work. Earlier this year, I explored buying an ice...
Write out your terms in a negotiation. You can take your time and understand what you want. When you're ready, you can send it to the other party. I wrote the following message in Word to the business broker for an ice cream and candy shop in Jackson, California. My...
Tuning out distractions is hard. Television and the web distract us easily. It's easy to turn off the television but I work on a computer most of the day, so I find myself visiting social media websites often without thinking about it. I walk around my neighborhood...