Getting your stuff done every day is tough enough. Getting it done while working from home? Definitely “Hard Mode.” But the rewards can be pretty great. Whether you work from home all the time, or just occasionally, you need a new set of habits and practices to make the most of it. Your time at... Listen to episode

Today I’m going to dive into the work rituals of 12 widely influential creatives — writers, musicians, artists, and others. I’m swiping these snippets of creative rituals from a fun book by Mason Currey called How Artists Work: Daily Rituals. (Link in the show notes below.) I was struck by both the similarities and the... Listen to episode

Today we’re revisiting a popular early podcast about how those of us who aren’t “naturally organized” can still get lots of high-quality work done. Note: For Thanksgiving week in the U.S., we thought we’d offer up an encore presentation of a popular early podcast. This one talks about productivity for those of us who struggle... Listen to episode

Thought about guest posting? It’s an excellent way to grow your audience and build your authority in your topic. But you want to approach it in the right way. In this 23-minute episode, I talk about some of the questions I see most often around guest posting. Including … What you absolutely must understand about... Listen to episode

If you’re actively creating content, you’ve probably noticed that “waiting for inspiration” doesn’t tend to work all that well. In this podcast, I go through my workflow for content creation. This works for blog posts, podcast or video scripts, infographics, slide shares, or really any piece of strategic content you’ll want to create. In this... Listen to episode

Self-help books, seminars, and retreats: People tend to either love them or loathe them. I have some thoughts on what’s useful for business owners — and what isn’t. I’ve noticed that a lot of online business owners tend to gravitate to self-help — maybe because we find “Dumbo’s feather” belief-boosters are useful when we’re out... Listen to episode

A few tweaks and checks can often boost a piece of written content about one “grade level.” In other words, if it starts out “good,” this will take it to “very good.” Here’s the process I use. No, this isn’t a “write a blog post in seven minutes” podcast. It’s the process I go through... Listen to episode

Content Marketing can be a powerful way to increase your influence and authority. And, as always, along with power comes responsibility. As writers and content creators, I would argue that we can and should make the world — and the web — a better place. Assuming you have the major stuff covered (you’re not killing... Listen to episode

Success certainly doesn’t have to make you crazy, unhappy, or selfish. But sometimes it does play out that way. I don’t know much about being a millionaire, but I’ll bet I’d be darling at it. ~Dorothy Parker There are plenty of advantages to material success. But it’s smart to keep your focus on the practices... Listen to episode

Today’s podcast might seem like a “soft” topic, but it also ties tightly to serious pragmatism about how to reach your goals — and more to the point, what reaching your goals is going to do for you. Everyone wants a little more success, and everyone has goals they’re aiming for, but the quality of... Listen to episode