This post is being written in a very strange way. I’m sitting out on my patio at home on some new garden furniture, under a large umbrella late on a Saturday afternoon and preparing to fire up the barbecue to make some dinner. Normally I write these from my home office upstairs in the spare room or lying in bed on my Macbook.
Don’t Believe The Hype
Growing up in the late 70’s and the 80’s in a city in North America, it was pretty much impossible not to be exposed to the emergence of rap music. In particular, groups like Run DMC, the Beastie Boys and eventually NWA. All three of those groups had one thing in common and that was they took inspiration from Public Enemy.
Attention To Detail
This evening I updated my iMac to the latest MacOS version, Sierra. I finished a call, had downloaded the update and because I had to duck out for half an hour or so, I figured I’d click “Install” and it would happily upgrade itself while I was out.
Winning Matters
I’m going to put it out there right away, I like to win. Now most people reading that are probably sitting there reading this are probably saying, “Well, we all like to win.” Sure, that’s true, but I really like to win. For me, I’m pretty competitive so not only do I like the sweet taste of victory, I loathe the stench of defeat. I like winning and I hate losing.
It’s Not All About You!
Around the middle of October, The Walking Dead will make its return to the small screens for another season of zombie killing hijinks. When the show first came on the air, I was pretty dismissive of it and never really paid attention to it. My wife wasn’t really interested either so we didn’t end up watching the first four seasons when they aired originally.
Showing Disdain For Your Customers
I have to be honest, I sometimes join Facebook Groups that are filled with people who are the complete antithesis of myself just so I can see what they are doing so that I can not mistakenly behave like them. I also get some amazing email topics and talking points out of those groups as well so that’s a plus.
Working In Modalities That Suit You
This weekend, I spent about 10 hours turning out a new short course that was designed for delivery by email. I was recently approached by a company that distributes online training courses via email and asked if I would consider creating something for their audience. At first, I pretty much dismissed it because their business model doesn’t really deliver a financial return to content creators directly and I wasn’t sure of the value to me.
Underwhelming Your Audience
This past week Apple took centre stage at their annual event where they release all new things iPhone. This one day is the single most important day of the year for the most valuable company in the world. In fact, you could even go so far as to say the hour-long opening keynote is the most important hour of the year for Apple.
Making Excuses For Yourself
Today was a good day. I took today off work to give myself a long weekend and just kick back and relax a bit. I’ve been working hard the last couple months, putting in some long hours and travelling a fair bit.
Going Full Time
The other day I was at my day job and I was having lunch with one of the guys who works in the same team that I do. He’s recently discovered that I have thousands of Udemy students, that I have the content and SEO businesses and that I have this “newsletter thing” that I write and sell. During the conversation, he said to me, “Why don’t you quit working and do those things full time? You could be living the dream.”