I’m 38 and know what it’s like to feel unproductive. It could be a ‘sense’ you have, even if you’re getting plenty done. Or it could be that you genuinely continue to waste valuable time. Either way, we often need to return to basics if we’re overwhelmed and don’t know…

Fourteen years of writing online, mostly crap, with a few gems, has taught me much. You will not read this in any formal writing guide. Enter at your own risk… Don’t share if it’s not awkward. Share pieces that make you a little nervous. …

There are a couple of guarantees when you decide to build your own business. You must continually adapt. It won’t always be easy unless you’re willing to do hard things. Here are some things I’ve picked up in my years as a business owner. Being willing to do hard things…

I’m no stranger to anxiety, and stimulation hits me harder than many. Poor snowflake. But, I’m grateful because decades of this taught me everything about staying calm. Mental ‘wellness’ is maintained through sound physical health and thought management — which is developed, over the long term, as a practice. But…

I’ve been a business coach for over eight years. It took me years to get into the flow of creating new clients and charging decent fees for each client. It’s an art that relies on understanding the quirks of human dynamics very intimately. Robert Green has played a big part…

You don’t need to be the CEO of a glitzy corporation to be a leader. We lead as small biz owners. We lead when we write and share online. We lead as siblings. We lead as coaches. We lead in our schools. We lead our families. We all have the…

In 2022, I wrote threads on X for hundreds of days in a row. I grew my account by tens of thousands quickly. More recently, I’ve found excuses to write and share less. I’ve been tweeting, but my longer-form stuff has been more sporadic. Algo or no algo issues on…

Here are some less-talked-about traits about successful people, which have informed my own successes: They spend less time ruminating on setbacks. Most people make their lives far harder than it needs to be by spending considerable chunks of time in their thoughts. This won’t bring the intended benefits. In fact, we make ourselves feel considerably worse through…

I’ve lived a life with plenty of unnecessary struggle, heartbreak and frustration. I’ve always been interested in what separates generally happy people from those who seem to attract all the struggle and bad luck. There are several ‘secrets’ shared by the happiest people I know. Here they are: Stopped searching. A curious…