(originally posted November 17th, 2005) On Sunday, the wrestler Eddie Guerrero passed away at age 38. He was an active wrestler on the present WWE touring schedule, and I had just watched his performance Friday night, though it was filmed the previous Tuesday. Eddit was a supreme performer who had to overcome some of his […]
Motivation
(originally published April 28th, 2005) One of the issues of independent consultants is that sometimes you have to quibble over small things in order to get the big things done. For instance, I know that my professional time is valuable; someone else may not agree because they may not fully understand some of the things […]
(originally published April 8th, 2006) I know it’s officially been spring for a few weeks now, and where I live it’s still fairly cold (we even had snow this week), but it’s only now that I’m starting to feel as though spring has finally arrived. There’s just something about seeing the grass actually starting to […]
(originally published March 8th, 2005) I was talking to another solo proprietor this evening. She’s been in business for herself for close to two years, and she’s struggling. She’s making some money, but not nearly enough for the amount of work she’s putting into it. Mentally, she’s frazzled, and putting in upwards of 15 hours […]
(originally posted February 28th, 2005) I have a mentor, but not in the traditional sense. I was thinking about this a couple of days ago when I received this phone call from someone who’s hoping to contract with me for services. I asked them how they’d heard of me and they mentioned this person’s name, […]

