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  • The Employee

    It’s a strange thing to learn how to be an employee again after owning a business. So many self-help books that teach you how to start a business, build a business, grow your business and none of them ever cover “what if” you have to go back. Probably because it’s not good business. You read…

  • No More Email!

    I will be starting a new job soon. My first new job in over five years. As a requirement, I must separate from my company — the one I started — and begin anew. This is a mixed bag of emotions, but the strongest I feel is relief. Relief over the dumbest thing. When you’re…

  • The Choices We Make

    Making choices is hard. Sitting at a fork in the road in life, we try to see down each path as far as possible so we make the ‘right’ choice. So what do we do if we can’t see down either path? Change is hard. It’s scary. The unknown frightens us — it fires up…

  • Welcome to Job Club

    I want you to hire me, as hard as you can Working on a new idea. I’ve been baking this one in my head for the past month since I’ve begun looking for jobs. Several people I know have been looking for months and struggling with frustration, rejection, anxiety, and the whole bevy of things…

  • Cracking the Job Market Code

    I think I’m on to something. For the past 4 weeks, I’ve been applying to jobs. At first, it felt it was going nowhere. Resume > Apply > Wait > Rejection > Repeat. My resume was a meaty two pages, jammed with lots of bravado, two degrees, personal and professional achievements, awards, shopping lists of…

  • Subscribed to Death

    I went to install a plug-in for this blog’s WordPress and I found out I need to upgrade to a business subscription. This made me pause and think of all the other subscriptions that are each taking a tiny bite out me every month. I recently subscribed to the AI tool Cursor so I could…

  • Catastrophizing

    We tend to go to the extreme when we begin thinking negative. Someone says something negative about you becomes “no one likes me.” A business fails or a job lost turns into “I’m going to lose everything I have.” We catastrophize things as an evolutionary response. We psychically project in our minds to the extreme…

  • Does It Move The Needle?

    What does it take to move the needle? I recently discovered this concept in business. My company is an IT managed services provider and reseller. We sell Apple, Dell, HP, etc products and we offer them below the competition. The simple thought here was: sell them for less and customers will buy from us. Makes…

  • First Roadblock

    Today is the first day I sat down to blog and just couldn’t do it. Two and half weeks in isn’t bad, and I knew this point would come. Blogging every day isn’t easy. But this is part of the growth. Writing when you don’t want to. Keeping the momentum going. Keeping the streak alive.…

  • A Procession Out of the Past

    Currently listening to: “The Dead Flag Blues” by Godspeed You! Black Emperor It’s been an odd year. I’ve felt like I’ve been on walkabout in 2025. Business has been tough and I’m left wondering about the future. This year has been all about looking: looking for business; looking for customers; looking for answers; looking for…