No gurus. No fluff. Just momentum.
Too many times, people are waiting for the perfect tools and get hung up on what they don’t have. Over the years, when I talk to people about their dreams and goals, it was always met with but (and fill in the blank for their excuse). I have been there, and in 2009,...
I’m building Make the Damn Thing for people stuck in the messy middle, half-finished projects, tabs everywhere, a thousand “shoulds.” I chose a direction that helps you finish what you start using tiny, repeatable systems: weekly blog posts, Monday/Friday emails, and...
You don’t need a capital-N Niche before you start. You need direction, a working theme you can commit to for 30 days. Direction beats perfection because direction gets you publishing, and publishing gives you data. Data decides the niche later. Why “direction” works...
Perfection is where good blogs go to die. Here’s how to know you’re ready to publish, no crystal ball required. 1) You can say your 30-day sentence out loud “For the next 30 days, I help [who] do [what] so they can [result].”If that sentence doesn’t make you cringe,...
The blank page stares back at me, almost daring me to write that first awkward sentence. I rearrange my desk, sharpen my pencils, try to conjure the right playlist, waiting for my mind to slip into “ready” mode. Trouble is, that magic moment never seems to come. If...
I’m building this because the internet taught us to overcomplicate everything. If you’re anything like me, you’ve got 47 open tabs, a graveyard of almost-finished ideas, and a nagging feeling that you’re “behind” because some guru made $50K in a hammock while you were...