This is Part three in a series of posts geared towards owner-makers that are looking for a system for ensuring balanced progress in all the aspects of making a living while making stuff.  Scroll back to part 1 and 2 if you...

This is Part 2 of a series of posts aimed at helping other maker-owners achieve balanced improvement in all the aspects of owning a business and making what they sell. "If its important do it everyday." - Wrestling Coach Dan...

Owner/makers have a lot of different things to improve on. Problem is we sprint from seemingly necessary shiny thing to shiny thing, meanwhile digging holes that we sprint back to later to fill in. And since many of us are...

I'm going to start a series of posts of maintaining a work life balance directed at fellow maker/owners.  A lot of been written about work/life balance which is basically 'work less and do not work things more'.  There's some...

Answer the big questions first.  The main problem I encountered as a beginning luthier, and the mistake I see being made over and over again by beginning luthiers, is they forget to answer the big questions first. The...

Every idea has another side of the coin.   Do you know any 'coin flippers'? "Let's take the dog for a walk. " "We can't , my mom might call." "Let's try this new product, it might reach more people than we have now." "But it...

One of the most awesome parts about being a maker is instant feedback.  When I sand a neck, it has scratches or it doesn't.  When the guitar is set up, it buzzes or it doesn't.  It's not arbitrary, someone else's judgement...

...do it everyday. This is a quote by wrestling coach Dan Gable. It's one of those things that's so simple and common sense you wonder why you haven't been doing it all along.  If it's important do it everyday. This is...

This is a video from last night of Tim playing his Mule resonator guitar on stage with Adele. I'm not sure there's much else I can say about that, it was tremendous but I'll try because I want you all to be part of the story...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw0oIK0mwH4...