The idea of “passive income” is oh-so-tempting.
Build a thing once — a digital product or an affiliate website or an apartment building — and then people will buy it again and again. Make money while you sleep!
What this fantasy leaves out is the amount of work required to not just build the thing in the first place, but to create the entire ecosystem that will allow it to be found by the people who will want to buy it.
Read More“Oh, so sad,” I said to my little nephew. “I guess you just don’t know how to brush your teeth.”
It was a risk, but it paid off. He got that steely-eyed look in his eye and proceeded to brush his teeth and put his pajamas on.
He did need a little help — he doesn’t actually know how to brush his teeth — but he was determined.
Read MoreOver lunch, my friend Amanda told me about a book she studied as a new mother recovering from childbirth and again in her current role as a childbirth educator.
Hearing the ideas from the book was fascinating. I have never read the book and I’ve never given birth, but so much of it felt familiar. The themes of empowerment, self-knowledge, and growth through difficulty were relevant to my experience, even though this book about childbirth applied them in a different context.
Read MoreIt takes me ninety minutes to write a blog post if I write one in the morning right before I publish.
However, it takes me 45 minutes if it’s the third post I’ve written that day and won’t be published for two weeks.
There are probably a lot of factors involved, and I’m continuing to experiment. But in the meantime, I’m going to do anything I can to not have to write and publish on the same day.
Read MoreOne of the things you learn as a teacher is to hold back.
You can’t share everything you know, no matter how willing the student is. You have to slowly drip out the information over time. It’s even better when you can structure the student’s learning such that they are taking actions that lead to growth and insight without you having to explain anything.
For a student who is hesitant or uncomfortable, giving them everything you’ve got will be overwhelming and frustrating. You serve them better when you do less and give less.
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