Yes, I’m a few tips behind. I own it. I had to give myself permission to break my own rules this week so I could take care of my clients and myself. But I used my blog-cation to do some serious awesomepreneurial reflection and I’m ready to dive back into the 365 Awesome Tips For [...]
Alright, this is a short one, folks. I’ve got my head down to finish a deadline. (Or is it because I’m softly weeping? Guess you’ll never know.) I know, I know–I’m getting a lil’ too old for Dane Cook. But this little gem always gets me. It wasn’t until I watched this clip with several [...]
Awesomepreneur confession: I am afraid. Popular philosophy says fear is a bad thing, mostly because it is such a hungry little monster it can consume your whole life if you let it. I know. Because I am afraid. This morning I had a heart-to-heart with a fellow awesomepreneur, Javier, a foreign language teacher living in [...]
Despite proudly identifying as an awesomepreneur, I’ve admitted before that I’m not so awesome at work/life balance. While re-designing RKA ink, I basically lived on the Internet and my boyfriend was ready to stage an intervention when he repeatedly found me spooning my laptop at 3 AM, murmuring sweet CSS in my sleep. (On a [...]
Somewhere between hunting, gathering, and cube farming, we surrendered to the idea that hard work is synonymous with discomfort. Take the contemporary corporate “uniform,” for example: Who decided that neckties and nylons made people more productive and professional? (This guy.) For most live action Monopoly players, when we don’t leave work frazzled, sore, and exhausted, [...]
I gotta give a shout out to my mentor, Brent O’Bannon, for tip #4. Last month, when my head started to sizzle (fried egg, remember?) Brent suggested I find a theme song to energize and empower myself as an awesomepreneur. Each year, Brent chooses a new theme song to boost his mindset and guide his [...]
Let’s take a break from the heavy stuff and talk about something really important–music. People love music. I love music. And I knowww you love music. It’s a crowd pleaser. And I think if you work in a place where you can have music, you should have music. Even if it means singing to yourself [...]
For the last month, I’ve been buried in projects, the latest being my own re-design, which just about melted my brain. After finishing a big batch of new designs, I immediately started re-building RKA ink with a cruel, self-imposed deadline of a “few days” (see my maiden post) for graphics, design, content, and re-branding. Um, [...]
