I'm opening enrollment to the Marketing Yourself Intensive, a 6-week program for experts and entrepreneurs who want to get to the next level. You’d be a match for this if you have something to say and something to sell, or you use your personality as part of your branding. During this program, I help you [...]
While juggling three torches, I found myself carrying on a casual conversation with someone at the street fair. I had to pause my flashy tricks - like the ones where I swipe down quickly to make a loud ‘WUFFF’ of noise, or spin a torch around the outside of my elbow - so I could [...]
Today’s article is written by guest author Corey Haines, founder of SwipeFiles.co. Steve Jobs once said “good artists copy, great artists steal.” And before that, Pablo Picasso said, “Good artists borrow, great artists steal.” See the pattern? Everyone who publishes is standing on the shoulders of giants, and the more shoulders you have to stand on, [...]
Every time I picked up the phone, I put another paperclip into the jar on my desk. I was playing a simple game with my work, to make it more entertaining (and achievable). The list in front of me had 10 names and phone numbers. Every time I dialled a number, I put a [...]
When I was a kid, I spent many happy hours memorizing the colorful lights and sounds of Simon. One of the early handheld electronic games, Simon was both simple and friendly: it would light up one of four colored buttons and play a note, and in response, you would press the same button. Then [...]
Leonardo da Vinci looked at the world with the eye of an artist, and the raised eyebrow of a scientist. Arguably one of the most creative people who ever lived, he produced paintings, sculptures, feats of civil engineering, and breakthroughs in anatomy, hydrodynamics, and optics. Less than 20% of da Vinci’s notebooks have survived, totalling roughly 6,000 [...]
Work without will or wonder is just drudgery. Play is an overlap of work, will, and wonder, and it transforms how we participate in the act of working.Bringing play into your work increases your capacity to do work well. Think of the seven dwarves, toiling in the mines; they knew to whistle while you work. Play makes [...]
When I hosted the Marketing Yourself Masterclass earlier this month (replay here), I asked everyone to answer this question in the chat box: What's the hardest thing about marketing yourself? The answers included: Knowing the difference between marketing my brand vs marketing myself Having a well defined product and knowing how to execute it [...]
Let’s face it, online courses are not that exciting. Nobody has the problem on the Internet of ‘not enough information.’ There is an overload of information, on any topic you wish to research. The bigger problem we all face is: ‘How do I get the information that is most relevant to my situation, right [...]
I’ve been receiving some questions about the Marketing Yourself Intensive, a 6-week group program for experts and entrepreneurs. I thought you might find these answers helpful: ========== Q: What’s the application process? ========== A: Limited to 20 people, this group program is by application only. You can fill out the application for enrolment here: [...]