You’re allowed to take up space
Desire isn’t shameful and success isn’t selfish. Claim your place boldly, consistently, and in a way that aligns with how you’re wired to grow.
Building a quarterly planner to expand your brand
This one went beyond just planners to brand expansion more globally, which I did not expect.
Third-order problems
Just because it's not burning down right now, doesn't mean it's not important to fix.
Are you playing someone else’s game?
The scoring system that’s been running your life without your consent, and how to stop playing by terrible rules.
Your business grows when energy flows
When that exchange breaks down, so does your growth. Here's what to look for to make it work for you.
Nobody Can Source the Stat Every Author Dreads
I finally went looking for it. What I found instead was a different number, and it's from 2006.
Why doing nothing might be your most productive move
The key is removing both the doing and the guilt about not doing.
The math isn’t mathing
The secret to success is to make better containers for your money.
The email I send when my team delivers work that's not up to par
You don't have to be the villain to hold the line. It's okay to have standards. It's also okay to be kind about it. Holding people accountable doesn't have to feel like an attack.
Post like you mean it, or don’t bother
Stop punishing yourself for using social media in a way that has no reasonable expectation of working.
The only 4 questions you need to answer to build a joyful, sustainable business
Joyful growth isn’t accidental. It comes from answering four hard questions most entrepreneurs avoid. Before you add another strategy, answer these first.
What if you’re already ready?
At a certain point, growth stops coming from learning more and starts coming from learning to let go of what no longer fits.
Sorry, but nobody has ever been just a writer
Dickens ran magazines. Patterson bought billboards. Didion knew everyone. The writing life where you're left alone with the page has never existed for anyone who made a living, but the network that actually sells books is one you can build without a trust fund or a famous friend.
How to become the new owner of your existing business
What changes when you stop running your business like its past still gets a vote? A practical way to step out of sunk costs, old obligations, and inherited systems without starting over.
Losing control is the point
Why successful entrepreneurs must learn to let go after their business outgrows their line of sight
"If you want to make a million dollars as an author..."
What if you never had to sell another book to make a mint?
Three things from Craft + Commerce that are actually worth your time
This year hit different.
Three truths about anxiety that will make you furious
Even my very hard to anger wife flipped out when she heard one of them.
How to successfully repurpose your work
How to take one format and fall in love with it again and again and again and again.
The Denominator Strategy
Why growing your audience beats optimizing conversions (almost) every time