Life-in-a-Notebook Planning System
Clients and students often ask me, "C.J., you always seem to have a million things going on. How do you keep track of it all?" Their questions imply that they believe I am more organized, focused, or productive than the average bear. Personally, I'm not so sure that's...
I Was Interrupted While Writing This
Modern always-connected life wasn't designed for the professional or creative who needs to focus. It's almost as if there is an internet-based conspiracy to interfere with your most important work. Kate I. Foley, an impossibly-young fiction author and poet, captures...
Marketing the Real You
I often wonder how the practice began among self-employed professionals and creatives of pretending to be someone else in order to promote your business. You know what I'm talking about -- it's the marketing face, the selling voice, that you often put on in order to...
Breakdowns Can Lead to Breakthroughs
The worst thing that can happen when a self-employed professional or creative is working on an important project -- like a book, a course, a design, a website, or a report -- is a breakdown. An essential resource is suddenly unavailable. One of your key concepts turns...
Slay Your Productivity Dragons
They lie in wait for you when you least expect them -- the productivity dragons of fear, resistance and procrastination. Just when you think you've defeated them at last, they rear their ugly heads again. What's a self-employed professional or creative to do? First of...
Feeling Stopped? Spend Just Five Minutes
Do you ever find yourself feeling afraid, resistant, or just plain stuck about getting started on something you need to do? Of course you do. We all do. Whether it's not knowing how to begin, going out for a walk on a freezing morning, filing your income taxes, or...
In Marketing, Work is Necessary; Struggle is Optional
Self-employed professionals and creatives often tell me that they find marketing to be a struggle. They can't seem to get enough clients to pay the bills, or they're spending more money to land each client than the sale is worth. Too many of their efforts seem to...
Prolific Writers and Creators Ask Questions
We self-employed professionals and creatives are always generating new stuff. We write blog posts, develop courses, and generate copy for our websites and emails. Some of us create unique work on behalf of our clients. To become prolific at this constant stream of...
Don’t Wait for Tax Time to Look at the Bottom Line
A curious thing happens to self-employed professionals and creatives in the spring of every year. They wake up one day and realize they'd better figure out how much money they made last year so they can file and pay their taxes. But wait, shouldn't a business owner...
Do You Ever Think Your Work Isn’t Good Enough?
As a self-employed professional or creative, you're creating new stuff all the time. You may write blog posts, design courses, produce marketing copy, craft speeches, create designs for clients, devise strategic plans, or dozens of other possibilities. It's a good bet...
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