Good content helps me improve myself or fix my problems, not by showing up on my doorstep with a toolbox, but by turning my brain into its own sort of toolbox. While you might organize information in a podcast differently from a blog post, there are universal elements of neuroscience that can improve any content medium. Whether you’re…
Believe it or not, the job of a lighthouse is not to pose for your nana’s favorite wall calendar or appear in artwork at the dentist’s office. Though you’d never guess based on the volume of gift items adorned with its likeness, the lighthouse has but one simple and profound purpose, and that is guiding boats to…
If you’re thinking about freelancing or in the process of launching a business, you can save precious time and sanity by learning from other people’s mistakes. Use this list to set things right or avoid challenges altogether as you get started. 1. Fear of Ambiguity | More Analysis than Action The only way to get clarity is to…
I got into the corporate grind in my 20s. It’s not what I wanted, but I was broke. What I wanted was to be creative, so I worked an astonishing array of odd jobs, mostly to support my favorite, and largely unpaid odd job, writing for music magazines. After a few years the novelty of free CDs and…
Me, before I made a podcast for the first time… (two days ago): Yes, podcasting could help me establish a voice in the market, but I’m a simple person. I prefer writing with pens on wide rule paper. The mess of cords under my desk gives me anxiety. I can’t even figure out the thermostat. Podcasting is probably too…
If you've ever felt frozen in the face of important decisions, or exhausted by a project that you haven’t even started, or just creatively fogged, then you know what it's like to be overwhelmed. In his recent episode of The No Pants Show podcast, How To Refocus When Feeling Overwhelmed, Mike Shreeve talks about the four domains…
I spent months putting off the launch of my freelance business, because I was freaked out about the sales process. When I finally sucked it up and started reaching out to prospects, I figured it would take months before I’d be comfortable, but it didn’t take months. It didn’t even take weeks. There are at least 10…