Remember the Wizard of Oz? I’ll always remember that creepy, disembodied head surrounded by pillars of FIRE. That wizard was SCARY, man. And Dorothy went up to that dude and asked for a favor [...]

The STORY Last column I proposed you write a book to sell your message. I admit: that’s a lot of work. So today let’s be lazy. How does a couple of paragraphs strike ya? Very short stories – [...]

Many business owners I know cower at the prospect of emailing their customers. If they don’t have something to sell, they’re not sure what to say. When they do have something to sell, they don’t [...]

1. Accepting a small role in someone else’s success, rather than creating big wins of your own. Freelancers, the good ones, often suffer from what I call “the sickness”. Which means they posses [...]

Stories are viruses. Once you’re exposed, you can’t unhear them. Over 15 years ago, my dad put in a request for his birthday – a book. Maybe you’ve heard of it: Rich Dad, Poor Dad. At that time, [...]