John Wedding 
I did it myself for a long time until I did this My Facebook group on cool serial numbers now has 22,288 members. I’m glad they’re members, and seeing what people post is always a pleasant part of my day. Unfortunately, I missed a key opportunity to ask most of them why they joined. As … Read more
How I achieved peace with successful colleagues It’s painful to be turned down for promotions. More so as you watch junior colleagues go past you. My govvie organization has a number of salary caps within the pay structure. Passage into the next pay band involves competing against other candidates in an interview process — colloquially … Read more
The big rocks won’t fit themselves in. Lack of focus cost me millions of dollars with my website. My blog was one of the original “money blogs” in 2005. A number of my blogging buddies and I were putting out content and running our websites for our five-to-nine. For the rest of that decade, our … Read more
I prepare music groups with two simple rules. What can you do with yours? As a church music director, I rehearse teams for Sunday morning, including groups with developing musicians. Two simple rules help the team get through the songs. Performing in a group is a separate skill from performing alone. The primary skill I … Read more
Another (better?) goal amounts to the same thing but without the adrenaline. You don’t have to look far on Medium to find articles on becoming your own boss. Some creators call themselves unemployable, which is right in line with this. Others, though, make working alongside a nine-to-five a pillar of their online business. (And that’s … Read more
These two actions were a short masterclass in generosity. Ken Blanchard, author and motivational speaker, teaches leaders to catch their people doing things right. What we can do for people we supervise we can also do for each other, whether they’re peers or otherwise. In today’s episode of catching people doing things right, I’d like … Read more
One sign that you’re making a difference as a creator is that you get negative comments. My YouTube channel on cool and fancy serial numbers gets some hate because I encourage people to collect what they like, and not necessarily what is valuable. I’ve gotten some more “these bills are face value” and “these bills … Read more
Not buying the venom from successful creators. Sorry not sorry If we’re to believe the Ayodeji Awosikas and the Tim Dennings of the world, there’s nothing closer to hell on earth than being an employee and drawing a paycheck. “Wages teach you all the wrong lessons about money. It makes you think you deserve an … Read more
I’ve just about given up on reading articles from the website of Inc. Magazine. It’s not just that they limit the number of articles I can read as a non-subscriber. It’s not even that pretty much every article that shows up in my Google News feed from Inc. deals with someone responding in a way … Read more
If you have the assets, you should use them! There are plenty of articles on Medium that describe how to come up with story ideas. I struggle putting this into practice, even now. When I get a reliable system up and running, I’ll be sure to let you know! In the meantime, I do have … Read more