Inward Mindset Kills The number one thing that kills community is your mindset.  Now before we begin, I would ask that you keep an open mind and try to look at old concepts with a new perspective. The major buzz phrase around the creative community for the last three years or so is “community over […]

Business Mindset In March we are focusing on our mindset ( it really sounds cool as a title “march mindset”).  Many people today throw the word “mindset” around as an ambiguous term to mean the same as emotional state, feelings, or even thought process. To really dive into this upcoming months topic, I turned to […]

Workflow Final Thoughts Over the last five weeks we have covered many different topics. If you have implemented the techniques and tools  that were covered, you should see a huge difference in your workflow and, hopefully, your efficiency.  We have one final part of this workflow series and it can be found in our workflow […]

Define Waste in Workflow Last week, we looked at how we utilize our time. I am hoping from that exercise it really brought a lot of things into perspective. Today, we are going to take those results and really analyze to see where we are wasting our time. First, how do we define waste? In […]

Time is Money “Time is money”. How often do we hear this expression? Weekly, monthly? I hear this phrase almost daily from just about every business I consult or have conversations with. The funny thing is, especially with creative businesses, the majority of them do not value their time. Now, before every one starts sending […]

An Organized Desk An organized desk is usually not the reality in my office.  Things tend to get placed on my desk to be dealt with later and usually, they don’t.  Things like a loose button off my daughters sweater or my headphones from the gym that I plopped down after getting back from a […]

Workflow Diagram Your current workflow is what you are doing right now at this time. This, for some people, is one of the hardest parts because they have to admit what their process is or lack there of. Don’t be ashamed or embarrassed of your current process. Think of this as your baseline or your […]