Monday, July 13, 2015
Editor’s note: this is a guest post by Michelle Nickolaisen. If you’re a multipod with an entrepreneurial streak, chances are you have more than one money-making venture (whether it’s multiple businesses, or multiple streams of income within one business). In my case, my current project slate looks like this: A freelance writing business My site […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 8, 2015
I squinted at my friend through the camera. “What’s that on your wall?” It looked like velcro, or something holding the place of where a picture should be. “Oh that. Yeah, the previous tenants had stuff on the walls, but I just haven’t had time… I’ve been meaning to do something with this room for […]
Continue reading...Monday, December 15, 2014
I rested my head on my pillow. What a good day, I thought. What a good good day! It felt full, whole, satisfying. What had made today so great? I pondered. I thought for a minute, reached for my notebook and pen, and sketched the following: All four of these elements had been present in […]
Continue reading...Monday, July 28, 2014
This one is for the self-employed multipotentialites. Have you found that the line between your personal and business passions is so blurred that it’s pretty much non-existent most of the time? With a job you get to “go to work” and then “come home” from work and leave that part of yourself behind at the […]
Continue reading...Monday, March 3, 2014
Put your hands up if you’ve ever had a bad case of overwhelm. (I bet there’s a great big sea of hands waving back at me right about now.) Being a multipotentialite is like being the plate spinner at the circus. We have so many projects on the go at the same time and we try not to […]
Continue reading...Monday, February 24, 2014
Do you have two dozen tabs open right now on your browser? (Don’t lie.) Wouldn’t it be nice to have a way to capture and sort through all of your interesting research, articles and experiences? I recently got the chance to speak with creator of Value of Simple and longtime puttypeep, Joel Zaslofsky about his new […]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 19, 2013
We’re so good at seeing all of the places we’ve fallen short, the work that didn’t get done and the things that went wrong in our day. We’re far less good at noticing what did work. We’re sometimes even downright afraid to take stock of our wins for fear that appreciating them might in itself make […]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 12, 2013
You know the scenario. You’ve been working away on your book, website, business and various other projects for months and yet, it never feels like you’ve gotten anywhere with any of them. In practical terms, having multiple projects on the go requires you to divide your time between them. It’s a mathematical fact that you’ll […]
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