It’s not as crazy as it sounds. — I’m clearly insane. Right? Maybe. But I’d rather set seemingly insane goals for myself as opposed to ones that I know I can knock out. Goals you know you can accomplish aren’t goals, they're just tasks, and while tasks get the job done they don’t force growth. Go big or go home. Set insane…

Aim small, miss small. — Ever since I was a young boy, I’ve loved earning my own money. Paper route, pizza delivery, lawn mowing, etc. My goals were simple, make enough money to buy the crap I wanted that my parents (rightfully so) wouldn’t waste their money on. As I grew older, I had similar…

Does that seem too obvious? — Seriously, think about it. If you’re working a full-time job making $15 an hour you’re grossing $600 a week, roughly $2,400 a month, and taking home around $1,900 if you're lucky. You need to pay for a place to live, buy food, pay taxes, buy gas for the car, make…

If you’ve been studying how to make money online for any time, you’ve come across advice to niche down. — If you’ve been studying how to make money online for any time, you’ve come across advice to niche down. I create niche websites and still struggle with niching down, then I remember: Keep It Simple, Stupid. Brainstorm, combine ideas, see what pops out, and assess interest. Why Niche Down? Because it’s incredibly difficult…

Why are you sitting in your cube? — A few weeks ago, I shared a story about the edict that came down from on high directing a Return to the Office. Collaboration, mentoring, and all that good stuff. It isn’t going as well as I’d hoped. Let’s do it Several of us have been meeting at least twice a week at…

I now realize I’ve been delaying the inevitable. — The contrast between employers these days is stark. Some embrace the remote work culture, many have done so for years. Others think that if you aren’t physically in the office then you aren’t needed at all. Like most of you, I was sent home in March 2020 to do my…

I hate these kinds of articles, you hate these kinds of articles, but we all read them, so let’s get it over with. — On June 17th, 2020 I posted a story that has earned me $4,460.34 as of today. It laid pretty flat for about a week, then someone at the The Startup (the old one, not the rebranded one) left me a private note asking if I’d like to submit it and…

And you don’t need to say much of anything at all. — A huge portion of our professional life is spent in meetings. You would think people would know how to conduct themselves, but evidence proves otherwise. You know as well as I do that meetings are often a waste of time. …

Create value fast and reap the rewards. — Web development is a hot career field that shows no sign of cooling. There are tons of opportunities for remote work and more coming online every day. But breaking into the field can be confusing. Should you learn HTML, CSS, and JavaScript? Yes. But do you need to be an…