Essays
The Saturday Essay. On business, work, and building a life of your own.
- 8 Questions to Transform Your Week
Eight questions I ask myself every Friday that keep my weeks from going off the rails.
- What I've learned from $3,394,480 in Digital Course Sales
What I've learned from $3.4M in digital course sales — including the things nobody talks about.
- What’s the Point of Peak Productivity?
What if the whole pursuit of peak productivity is missing the point entirely?
- You're Missing Potential Customers
You're probably ignoring your biggest potential customers — the ones who don't even know they have the problem you solve.
- Avoid Single Points of Failure
One concept from my startup career has saved my solo business more than once: never rely on a single point of failure.
- When is enough, enough?
In the game of business, we chase growth for growth's sake. But at some point, you have to ask: when is enough actually enough?
- How to Sell Yourself (without being salesy)
Without selling, you don't have a business. You have a hobby. Here's how to sell without feeling sleazy.
- How to Build a World-Class Newsletter
I spent 18 months developing a newsletter formula. Here's the system that takes me 45 minutes per issue.
- The 5 Phases of Solopreneurship
Every successful business grows in phases. Most solopreneurs don't realize they're stuck in phase one.
- How to Build Digital Leverage (aka work smarter)
Digital leverage is how you achieve more with less time, effort, and resources. Here's how I think about it.