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Down the Rabbit Hole to Build Perfectly Designed Software

April 16, 2017 | Business, Coding

The trap of falling down the rabbit hole

I am a software craftsman. I teach and advocate building high-quality solutions using the techniques of readability, reusability, and maintainability. But there is a point of no return. There is a ledge that we walk on where the act of building

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Being Adaptive When Ideas Fall Short

October 26, 2016 | Business

You have a tremendous idea, one that you think the market needs. You pitch the idea and map it into your business plans. But wait. First, you need to determine if the market wants what you are proposing. If the response is mediocre, then being

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Is Your Course or Program an Infomercial or Your Proven Expertise?

September 15, 2016 | Business

My inbox is filled with newsletters, tweets, and social shares about how someone is going to teach or help me do something better. They have some course, program, workshop, or service they are selling. They're promising to teach or show me something

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Be a Humble, Gracious Servant to Build A More Meaningful Company

September 14, 2016 | Business

I believe in humility and gratitude. So often in life, we forget to just stop and be grateful. In business, we are on this continuous quest to obtain more. It's a compelling merry-go-round that leads us round and round. But there is a better

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Secrets of a Manager – Empower & Unleash Your Teams

September 8, 2016 | Business

You are a manager. Your job is to implement the company strategy and directives. You're given a group. It might be a team, departments, or divisions. How you do your job determines how well you achieve the goals given to you. Let's talk about your

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Daring You to Migrate from Reactive to Proactive

September 2, 2016 | Business, Operations

I have a confession. I despise reactive, firefighting processes and cultures. I do. The costs of this approach are too high. It impacts every part of your business from your internal team, quality, processes, product, and clients. I'm daring you to

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How to Better Serve the WordPress Community and You

August 31, 2016 | Business, Coding, WordPress

Over the past couple of years, I focused on teaching and helping individual professional developers who want to master and continually level up. But it occurs to me that not everyone is or can be a professional developer. That revelation opened my

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Why You’re Struggling to Make Money in WordPress

August 24, 2016 | Business, Operations, WordPress

You're struggling to make a sustainable, full-time income in the WordPress market. Why? Why is it so difficult to advance and grow your business? Let's rethink how you are doing your business. I'm going to burst your bubble. Ready? It doesn't

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