Pick up the phone.
Most problems get fixed by an actual conversation, not a better-worded message. Going silent is the one move that reliably makes it worse.
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Notes
Notes on markets, systems, and the work in between.
Fewer meetings is not the fix.
Meetings can be spectacular timewasters. Cutting them too far is worse. The right frequency depends on the work, not the calendar's default.
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Silence is not nothing. It is four different situations that look identical from the outside, and each one needs a different read.
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No WordPress. No Squarespace. Why I write and run my own CMS, and what it actually costs me.
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The short version of how I got here, what I actually do, and the track record behind it.
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