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This morning I was enjoying some social media surfing. Felt like “fun”. I wanted to keep going!

But I had a commitment to write this blog post, so I “forced” myself to stop having “fun”, and instead engage with a blank screen and the “hard work” of figuring out what to write.

Now that I’m 15 minutes into the writing, I’m starting to feel the joy of writing this — staying curious about what I’m going to write next, and envisioning that if even just 1 person reads and gets benefit from thi…

Don’t we all wish that building an authentic business can feel “easy”?

That just about any action you take in your business results in greater income?

Yet, if we are fixated on the results — such as making a specific amount of money in a specific time — then business doesn’t feel “easy” unless there’s a guarantee of results and total comfort during the process.

You know that’s fantasy…

The truth is that the stronger your attachment to what the results must be, the more you’ll have to s…

 
The only way I’ve seen solopreneurs have a stably successful business is if they keep a stable schedule of work.

That schedule is different for everyone, of course, but it’s still a stable schedule of some sort.

When I tell this to my students, who are hippies at heart (like me!), there’s often pushback:

“George, there must be a way to thrive without working with a strict schedule/calendar… my brain/heart just doesn’t work like yours… there are different personality types and all types can…

I don’t think you and I need to worry about the world-destruction potential of Ai.  

Why? 

Because those of us reading this (who don't work in the Ai field or in politics) have almost no little influence over that possibility. It’s not a good use of our time or energy to worry or advocate for that stuff.

What about Ai’s potential to manipulate people for commercial or political gain? There will be Ai systems built to combat those manipulations and personal Ai systems to help us keep a mor…

I've noticed that many people struggle with maintaining a consistent rhythm in their content creation. They create in sporadic bursts, and find it difficult to regain momentum each time they return to creating.

Of course, it’s important to take breaks from creating… but ideally, we would do it in a planned way.  This allows us to prepare to really rest. And then, to consciously return to regenerating a momentum of creating. With this rhythm, we balance our creative energies and remain consisten…