Work - Rest- Play -Dinking Around

When you work, work. When you rest, rest. When you play, play. If any of these mix you end up just dinking around. Often times we find ourselves resting while at work. But for the majority of us our jobs are not as hard as...
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Don't be a Hostage

Don't be a Hostage

Owners- if you show up to a supplier with money and they don't get back to you, or take your money and don't get your stuff, or say it will "be done next week" but isn't they are holding you hostage. And you're letting them....
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Things only you Can Do pt 2

If you work with other people or have people who work for you or work on your own - so everyone- remember: there are things only you can do. Why spend your time doing things everyone else can do? You have a skill set,...
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Things Only You Can Do

The progression goes like this: See someone do something awesome. You like awesome and also want to do it. They've been doing it for a while.... a long while... and you have not. Emulation is a way to learn so you...
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Permission Slip

Permission Slip

"The Fighter" is one of my favorite movies. Great acting by everyone involved. One of the best scenes is the one where Mark Wahlberg and Amy Adams sit down with his family to tell them he's going to train in Las Vegas with a...
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11 Rules of Working

Answer this question first. What do you want from work? You will get more than nothing and you can't have everything, the rest is up to you. Stay thankful. You've been given an opportunity. You are entitled to nothing....
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Handmade vs handmade

Handmade vs handmade

If you buy a Mule it was made by these three people. Me - on the left, my twin brother Phil, and the mighty Smithers. The metal resonator guitar has been done the same way since 1928. There was of course a 60 year hiatus...
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75% plan

I wrote a post a few weeks ago about The First Equation.  The idea being that if you want to go venture out and do something you need to find the math equation that tells the story.  We want to hide our heads in the sand and...
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Be a Beginner

Be a Beginner

    (Above) My first set of spun tricones. Let yourself be a beginner. It's been said before. But....how?  Why don't you?  I think we skip the beginner stage because we have good taste.  We know what's awesome, what we...
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Gratitude is not a tool

The buzzword in business podcasts I listen to these days is "gratitude".  Big shot business guys, motivational speakers all want to show people the power of gratitude.  But listening to the last couple I hear a common theme -...
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