World Domination 101
SUMMARY: It took a lot of self-deprogramming for me, a formerly-meek preacher’s kid, to come to terms with a desire to achieve great things on my own terms. Now that I’ve accepted the challenge, how am...
View ArticleWorld Domination 101.01: Tiny,Tiny Steps
SUMMARY: So how does one get started on a plan of world domination? In my case, by taking very small steps, equally-balanced between adopting the right mindset (which for me is to admit I “want more”)...
View ArticleWorld Domination 101.02: Global Yet Micro
SUMMARY: World domination? Seriously? Yes, seriously. It’s doable when you realize that a flexible definition of “World” puts it within your grasp. This is a self-inspirational post to focus my...
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World Domination 101.03 – Master Vantage Point
I set aside some time on Sunday to start drafting that master plan I’ve been dragging my feet on. A daunting task! I warmed to the task as I sat at Starbucks, staring at the large piece of paper I had...
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Optimizing the Walk, not the Plan
Summary: I’ve been preparing the relaunch of my design business, and have realized that the way I’m doing it may not be suited to my “natural strengths” (now that I have an inkling of what they are)....
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World Domination 101.04: Common Clarity
Summary: I outline the essential element of clarity over planning for its own sake, and establish my next slightly-mad steps in moving ahead in my design business. I was thinking about what I wrote...
View ArticleIn Search of an Alternate Economy
I had dinner with SXSW buddy Britt Raybould last night, and during our conversation I finally put into words something that’s been on my mind: an “alternative economy” that I sense I’m being drawn...
View ArticleArtistic Integrity and Profit
SUMMARY: I expand my “create then show” mantra to include the means of producing products and distributing them. Maybe this is the way to sell out with...
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Recentering and Refocusing
SUMMARY: I’ve been feeling that there are too many things going on, diluting my efforts to make significant progress. But how do I pick what to focus on and what to ignore? First, I acknowledge that I...
View ArticleWorld Domination 101.5: Trudging through the Desert
SUMMARY: I thought I didn’t get anything done last week, but after listing everything that happened it’s apparent that I’m actually pretty active. What creates the feeling of non-productivity is not...
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World Domination 101.6: Experts, Arts and Crafts
SUMMARY: In our recent Collective meeting, I gained insight into the difference between Art and Craft, which helped me to understand how to separate my passion from what I need to sell. It’s a...
View ArticleNot World Domination…Empire Building!
SUMMARY: I’m retiring the WORLD DOMINATION category here on the blog, because EMPIRE BUILDING more accurately captures what I want to do; I explain why.It’s MASTER OF MY DOMAIN WEEK in The Google Wave...
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Thing-a-Day 20: Attaching a Card to a Small USB Drive
[POSTING ON 11/22] On Thursday I started reinstalling the operating system on my PC workstation, where I do most of my photo processing. As I was digging up the install media (on a thumb drive), I...
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Thing-a-Day 21: Not Working Today Card
[POSTING ON 11/22] On Friday I was in the midst of restoring all my programs and data to the PC Workstation, and also was going to a photographic exhibition in the early afternoon that would kill the...
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Thing-a-Day 22: Reviewing Shipping Methods
Today’s thing-a-day is related to process improvement! I spent some time reviewing PayPal options for shipping products. The trigger to finally look into it was a friend who needed a simple solution...
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Thing-a-Day 23: Visualizing Perseverance Experimental Form
This weekend I have been feeling extremely low on motivational energy. Possibly it’s because of the shorter days and me waking up later; this week I am going to switch to a “waking with the sun”...
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Thing-a-Day 24: Thimble-full of Patience Card
Continuing the theme of low energy, I had an idea about taking a macro photograph of a thimble and putting some kind of cathartic wording around it. I went thimble shopping yesterday, busted out my...
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Thing-a-Day 25: Picking Colors and Textures for ETP Hardbound; Pork Shank
My printer left a message about the arrival of “sample cover material” for the hardbound covers of the upcoming full-size ETP notebook, which will be 8.8×11 inches of double-wirebound goodness....
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Thing-a-Day 26: TPT with DONE on the left
Before the Emergent Task Planner, there was the Task Progress Tracker (or TPT). It was designed as a to-do list that measured effort; you would fill-in a bubble for every bit of time you spent so you...
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Thing-a-Day 27: Turkey Dinner
Today’s thing-a-day is Thanksgiving Dinner, which happened despite the power going out last night and threatening everything. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! :-) The Details This year’s Thanksgiving...
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