Welcome

Hi there freedom-fighter. I’m guessing we’re kindred spirits, you & I.

This site is my home on the web and it’s the central point for everything I do ….which essentially boils down to two things:

1 I provide tools, training, resources and advice to help brilliant, independently-minded people start, grow and actually enjoy their own unique, life-centered businesses.

Are you a micro-entrepreneur? Self-employed? Artist? Freelancer? Independent professional? That means you!

You may want to start by learning more about personal business advising, the group advising opportunities, free chats and workshops. You may also enjoy exploring my growing library of free & premium downloads, worksheets and tools.

2 I offer program design, speaking, workshops, strategic planning facilitation and instructional design to the amazing people who lovingly support the world’s independent geniuses mentioned in #1.

Are you a business or life coach? Economic development org? Network or association leader? Trade school administrator? That means you!

You will probably be curious about how I can make your life easier and your work even more rewarding as your program designer, instructional designer, keynote speaker and trainer.

Recurring Themes

Aside from the fact that I think & relate to the world through analogy & sci fi references, if you hang around for any length of time you’re likely to notice a few topics keep coming up.

These themes include the importance of community, focusing on action, living a well-blended life, defining your own brand of happiness, understanding the evolutionary process businesses go through, and most of all you & your amazing stories.

I talk about these things often because they’re important. And because I cringe at the though of you walking away from my house on the web without at least a mini dose of these uber important things.

Your time here should recharge your moxie. I want you to leave this site ready to take on the world.

Community: It’s kinda a big deal

Considering we’re all so stubbornly independent and most of us spend our workday in a room by ourselves, it take a conscious effort to create a habit of reaching out to others.

But the thing is, a supportive community is essential to your ability to succeed. You simply cannot succeed in isolation.

Which is why I’ve created two totally different communities.

A Company of Friends

A Company of Friends is whole new kind of online community. There are two super beneficial things traditional jobs offer that solo-workers lack: like-minded co-workers to connect with both personally & professionally and task management peppered with a healthy does of external accountability.

This puts us chin deep in two of my favorite themes: Community & Action. Without a strong, supportive community and consistent, forward moving action, your business will fail. Full stop. There’s no point in sugar coating that.

A Company of Friends will offer a unique blend of guided project management & customized peer support. It’s going to be incredible! I’ll be creating a very limited beta group very soon. Email me if you’re interested in participating.

The Co-Mutiny

A free community soapbox with the lofty goal of creating a world-wide movement of like-minded rebels like yourself. This is a community of gamechangers. We’ll problem-solve and instigate together.

The Co-mutiny is about ideas and freedom and designing a better way. We’re building a system of support, respect and acknowledgement for individuality and micro-entrepreneurs.

We’re creating a world where our children never have to unlearn limiting beliefs because they will never be infected with them. It’s our steadfast refusal to living our lives or raising our children within a fabricated, manufactured reality.

By joining the Co-Mutiny we are linking arms, lending courage to each other for the strength to stand against this world that demands complexity and co-dependence. We’re simply, unapologetically reclaiming dignity by stepping into our own personal sovereignty.

Together we can open new eyes everyday. Together, we can change the world.

Would you like to come along?

Meaty, actionable answers

I’m hyper-aware of how frustrating it is to dig and dig online looking for someone, anyone who will just answer your frickin’ question without asking you to join their list or buy their thing. You won’t find that here.

Don’t get me wrong, I have a list and a few pretty awesome things you can buy. But, you’re here for answers. So, I’ll give you those too.

Like these:

The Common Questions

All kinds of How-To & Tutorial Posts

If you have a question that I haven’t answered yet, please email it to me. Chances are, you are so not the only person wondering what you’re wondering.

Living a well-blended life

The quest for life balance is a death trap for the a happy, fulfilling life you want. I propose you step off the tight rope and consider a different perspective.

Life, Well-Blended

Start your business like a family fishing trip

And more

Understanding the business lifecycle

Humans grow and change and evolve. When our environment changes, our perspective does too. Since your business is an integral part of who you are, it will also ebb & flow.

It’s so important that you recognize this process for what it is, so the dips & shifts & changes don’t deflate you or cause you to doubt yourself.

Business Evolution

Many more posts about Evolutionary Business

Defining your own happiness

I’m not sure what comes first: the stubborn independence or the personal definition of happiness. Either way, they come as a set. You couldn’t careless what other people expect you to do with your life. This is your life, an you plan to live it your way. Damn straight.

Hear that drum and keep marching!