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CJ Approved
- May 2
- 1 min
Cash In on Compliments
People say a lot of things. "I value you." "I appreciate you." "Your work is amazing." But you can't run a business on compliments, nor can you pay your bills with words of affirmation. I say this with the utmost sincerity. As a copywriter, words are my specialty, and I absolutely love sincere words of appreciation. Flattery, I'm not so much a fan of. It's typically insincere and self-seeking. That's a topic for another time. If I could pay the bills with endorsements alone,
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CJ Approved
- Apr 15
- 1 min
It's a NEW DAY!
Today is a NEW day. According to the ancient Hebrew calendar, today marks the 1st of Nisan, a NEW YEAR! Do you sense that SHIFT in the atmosphere? I do. It's not enough to UNPLUG from the garbage propaganda of the modern media establishment... ...plugging IN to that which gives you life, growth, and health is much more conducive to moving forward. Onward and upward. Let's go! The alternative? STOP frolicking about with the easy path, it doesn't lead to fulfillment and it numb
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CJ Approved
- Mar 31
- 1 min
Copywriting, poetically speaking...
If it's not right to copy, when is copy right? To keep from the thief in the middle of night. Complimenting copy, when copy is tight, is to keep the relief of a similar sight. Understanding copy, well, the copy you write, is to give what they seek, so they find what they might. -- To be modeled after another, but to be so uniquely yourself that it looks like it was you, is among the highest tributes. To reflect the light of a mentor and to remain humble enough to deflect wher
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CJ Approved
- Feb 10
- 1 min
GET TWO!!
As a solopreneur, I GET TO work with some really incredible people. Seriously. It's mind-blowing that I even GET TO be a part of what I'm doing these days. Even better, I GET TO do business with people I'm grateful to call friends and mentors. How cool is that? On TOP of all that, lifelong buddies who drop words of entrepreneurial encouragement like this: "Your business will provide you with all you need and want. Believe it. I know it." This is the kind of GOLD that sustains
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CJ Approved
- Feb 2
- 1 min
Accounting for better rest at night...
Ok, so it's that time of year again... ...and depending on how you did last year, you may or may not be excited. See, the taxman is a lot like Santa. Except, the real-world ramifications of what you did financially wrong or right are, well... ...heavier than the guy in the tight red suit. While it isn't without recognition of value in the data-driven skillset, my heart leans to the creative and service side. Ideation, vision, and soft skills in customer care and satisfaction
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CJ Approved
- Jan 27
- 2 min
Are you creating value or making a fuss?
A buttinsky is cheeky, and too often reeky: never the quiet one, persistently squeaky! If you find yourself a meddler, you better yet settle her; should you have a kibitzer, focus will fix her. Everything seems scrambled, so what's all this fuss about? Much ado about nothing, I suppose. Or not. Seems to be the status quo these days, anyway. With all this nonsense going on in our world, it's hard not to get caught up in it. Thankful to be working on a few meaningful projects,
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CJ Approved
- Jan 26
- 1 min
What gets you through?
How do you start out every morning when you wake up? Chances are pretty good that this is getting COMPLETELY scrambled right now. Yes, like eggs. Maybe breakfast is your first go to. And then coffee shop? Or the scent of coffee draws you immediately to the kitchen, no need to venture out just yet. Some are up and active while others still dreaming. The annoying buzzing of the alarm after pressing snooze several times? For others, no two days feel completely the same. So with
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CJ Approved
- Jan 26
- 1 min
Welcome to Dystopia
Could this be the times, as we step ahead, that we thought were just rhymes, instead; when all humankind would wish to rewind, will we find it was truth in its stead? It's enchanting being a creative. Whether in songs, music, and lyrics or words and images in a story on a page. Especially at this time. To combat drudgery or worst-case scenarios, the mind travels to wild places. Stories are often born out of difficulty. Jack, slaying giants found in the heavens between humanki
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CJ Approved
- Jan 26
- 1 min
Waiting for Spring?
"A warm wind is sweeping by, the sun's full in the sky... and there's no way of knowing, No way to know, know how long it will last.." Lyrics, First Day of Spring ~ The Gandharvas It was a Friday night in high school when I hitchhiked with my friend Kevin to a concert in Almonte. Small town boys going to a smaller town to hear a band. After the gig, I asked if I could try Eric's (Gandharvas bass player at the time) bass and he said "Sure, man". As a bass player, this was the
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CJ Approved
- Jan 17
- 2 min
Are you SURE you're going crazy?
How is it that one is unable, or unwilling even, to differentiate between ideas and identity? While we may identify with ideology, it need not always define who we are at the core. There is a distinction between an idea and a person's actual being or existence. One may hold so tightly to a life philosophy, they allow it to wrap them like a cloak and it is who they become. Example: a person wrapped so intricately in a web of lies, it becomes integrated with their personhood. T
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CJ Approved
- Jan 17
- 2 min
Giving up on your dreams ALREADY!?
This question rests deep in the caverns of every one of our hearts. . So, at what point in our lives do we give up on our dreams? . * When told, "you can't"? * "You're not good enough"? * "That isn't realistic"? * "You can't make money that way"? * "You'll never make it"? . Personally, I'd like to deliver a big F(arewell) You to each of those ideas. Chances are some of those came from people who thought they meant well. . Some of them were just a$$hats. (No, they were, I'm no
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CJ Approved
- Jan 17
- 3 min
Are YOU Ready for what's coming?
2021. We are well into our first month of the New Year according to the current world system. We've left 2020 behind, but it looks like we've only picked up steam with the insanity that began a year ago. May I offer an alternative perspective? What if the madness follows a different timetable? Following the lunar and Hebrew calendars, we entered a new celestial cycle at the end of March 2020. Timetable line up with any other events you can think of last year? I mean, othe
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CJ Approved
- Jan 17
- 1 min
How do YOU Survive the Quarantine?
Nine entrepreneurs and leaders spanning several cities, states, countries, and continents. Brought together in the span of weeks to deliver a virtual response to one virus impacting us all. The vital signs of our world economy may have been slowed but it has been far from stopped. Solopreneurs and digital starters have responded in the face of fear with a fight to redeem the time. In spite of the mass media's marketing machine, the mobile mission-driven will not be immobilize
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CJ Approved
- Jan 17
- 1 min
Remote Work - how many REALLY working though? :p
While it's exciting to launch a book, it's almost laughable... ... to watch even a book get quarantined! Bezos' bozos, AI bot rodeos Feared another Frodo, with Misty Mountain Mojo; So the book was a 'no-go', but instead of a no-show, flipped a cover like a dojo and now they can't say no. Ya know? Let me translate that into plain English for you: The original cover caused our book to be censored because an AI bot couldn't distinguish between title and content. So we watered it
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CJ Approved
- Jan 17
- 1 min
If ya don't know, now ya know..
You don't know what you don't know. You'll never know if you don't grow. You'll never grow if you don't go. Go where? Well, that depends. When Alice meets the Cheshire cat in Wonderland at a fork in the road, they begin to dialogue: "Which road do I take?", asks Alice. His response is a question, "Where do you want to go?" "I don't know", Alice answers. "Then", says the cat, "it doesn't matter which way you take." Catch that? In what direction are you going today? And, are yo
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CJ Approved
- Jan 17
- 1 min
Who brings out the BEST in YOU?
Deep work. The stuff behind the scenes that it seems nobody sees. Sometimes it's just life struggles. Perhaps it's working through the emotional baggage that's been built up from years of neglect. Other times, it's the silent chipping away at life development. Here's what it can look like: - doubling down on work for financial advancement - taking a course to gain a new skill - putting in practice to sharpen an old skill - intentional focus on health with meal plan, prep, and
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CJ Approved
- Jan 15
- 1 min
Take a STAND!
Think of that fly that gets in your house. It buzzes by you. So small. So annoying! You want to SMASH it but can't find it. It leaves an impact on you. Distracts you from your work. You spend 20 minutes looking for it before getting back to your desk. Days go by. You're making coffee in the kitchen and.. bzzzzzzzzzt... If you're like me, you're probably swearing at this point. ƒ¿©€1¥ fly! At some point though, it makes a grave mistake. It lands in your line of sight. And by n
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CJ Approved
- Jan 15
- 1 min
Enter the Vortex..
Reality requires neither your acknowledgment nor understanding. In fact, you can live life in a web of lies. Completely oblivious to what's going on around you. Truth is not predicated on our agreement or knowledge of it. It needs only to be true. Heavy objects need only to be denser than the medium that surrounds them to descend. No cosmic space force required. Dense objects fall to the seafloor in water unless held by shape and air that makes it buoyant. Same with balloons,
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CJ Approved
- Jan 14
- 2 min
Are you even going in the right direction?
Community is important. No denying that. As humans, we need connection. Whether an introvert who needs doses or an extrovert who needs douses. What I will not advocate for is submission to fallacious teaching or training unfit for the traveler's journey. If you're going to follow someone, they need to have been well beyond where you want to go. They should at least know the terrain that they have led others through to success. An athlete should train under someone who will he
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CJ Approved
- Jan 14
- 1 min
The Lonely Entrepreneur Journey
The entrepreneurial journey is riddled with challenges: - Loneliness. - Anxiety. - Depression. - Sleepless nights. Put too many hours in, you're a workaholic. Take time during the day to relieve mental stressors with physical activities and you're asked if you ever work. Seasons of struggle just to make ends meet and you're still perceived as the 'rich' solopreneur. The masks you're expected to wear when you're going through the storm cause anxiety living up to the hype. Then
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