You can’t plan forward if you haven’t looked backward. So from that standpoint… One of the first things you should do to plan out your new year is to do a year-end review of 2017. This is something I do every year. Lot of times I go out in the RV to do all this…
Today, I want to share with you a tool and process you can use to find what to focus on. It is called the UDE Matrix. Here we go… Yesterday, I talked about keeping a “Constraint Log”. I’d like to take this a level further. See, don’t underestimate the power of a systems view of…
Yesterday, we talked about keeping a record of things that worked. Well, we can do the same for things which didn’t. I call it my “Constraint Log”. Here’s the big idea… Most everything we do in life is a system of some kind. A system is simply a process. You start with certain inputs, do…
Sometimes we do things that really work out well. Where we get great results. But then… We can fall off the wagon and not keep doing it. Even though we KNOW it works! One example from me… webinars. I’ve made a fair amount of money doing webinars. I once did one where I made about…
Do you keep a clean, streamlined workspace? This is actually one of the major reasons why I’m tearing my office apart and putting it back together again – humpty dumpty style. I’m looking to put together a workspace that… Streamlines production Minimizes clutter Motivates I’ve always had a pretty decent home office, however I’ve never…
I was going through the feedback on The Daily Survey and I took notice of a comment. She was telling me how overwhelmed she feels as she works on her online business… “I’m overwhelmed with so many things involving getting this online business moving forward. The lab is already plenty to do, plus now I’m…
In my last 2 Dailies, I talked about your effective hourly rate (EHR) and how to increase it. But… What if you have a job? I get it. I do have a lot of subscribers who have a day job and are looking at building an online business as a ticket out. And it can…
Today, I want to expand upon the whole effective hourly rate thing I talked about yesterday. How exactly can you increase it? Yesterday, I talked about EHR – effective hourly rate. This isn’t my invention. It is something James Schramko talks about in his book, Work Less, Make More. (Not an affiliate link, BTW). Earlier in…
Would you spend a lot of time trying to save a few bucks? Well… My wife and I have a pretty different way of looking at time. And while we’re in the middle of a home remodel, it presents itself sometimes. 🙂 Case in point… One of the things we plan to do, as non-sexy…
Yesterday, I mentioned in The Daily how I like simple. And I spoke about how keeping things simple allows me to maintain the lifestyle design I want. At least most of the time. 🙂 But, let me take this a bit further… Because I know a lot of people look at this online business thing…
Today, I wanted to talk about your business and your life. Specifically, what you want out of it. What got me thinking about this was a thought I have had about my own business: Was I purposely keeping my business smaller for the purposes of lifestyle design? I have said no to numerous little opportunities that…
Putting an emoji into an email subject line can sometimes increase your open rates. It isn’t something you’d want to overuse since your subscribers could begin to ignore it, but there are times when having that emoji in there can cause a spike in opens. But, it can be a geeky nightmare to insert an…