Is a business an asset if it always needs you?
My thinking about this has been changing.
Read reflectionReflections
Ideas
in progress.
Shorter pieces, open questions and thoughts that are still taking shape.
Financial security is also the freedom to say no
For a long time, I thought of financial security primarily in terms of numbers.
Read reflectionA floor, not a hammock
I have thought quite a lot about what I want to leave my children.
Read reflectionWhat if I am too good at starting over?
I have had to start over more than once.
Read reflectionThe woman in the red dress. A new idea is not always a new opportunity
I have a lot of ideas.
Read reflectionLife cannot wait until the goal is reached
It is easy to put life somewhere in the future.
Read reflectionPaying yourself is not the same as taking from the business
I have done this more than once.
Read reflectionWhy is it so hard to celebrate?
I have always found it easier to see what remains to be done than what I have already done.
Read reflectionWhen quality control puts on its work clothes
I am good at seeing where something could be done better.
Read reflectionYou are not the product you sell
It seems obvious when you write it down.
Read reflectionBridge income is not a betrayal of the dream
I have sometimes thought of new ventures as things that need to prove themselves immediately.
Read reflectionFewer things. Greater impact.
I have always found it easy to find things to do.
Read reflectionThe roles we create for ourselves
We give ourselves all kinds of roles.
Read reflectionFear is not a risk assessment
I have made many decisions in life where fear was part of the conversation.
Read reflectionSometimes a to-do list is just guilt in bullet points
I have long been good at making to-do lists.
Read reflectionA reaction is not a decision
It is incredibly easy to spend an entire day on things you never decided to do.
Read reflectionYou can let go without throwing it away
I have often associated “letting go” with bringing something to an end.
Read reflectionYou do not have to finish your old life before starting a new one
More than once, I have found myself between what I have been doing and what I want to do next.
Read reflectionWhen the entrepreneur also approves the entrepreneur
There is a certain drawback to being the entire company.
Read reflectionThe client should not pay for your learning journey
The client should not pay for how long the project took you.
Read reflectionMy phone lost its access privileges
I recently made one of my better management decisions for myself.
Read reflectionWhen the scope itself goes out of scope
Experience has taught me that it pays to define a project properly before you begin.
Read reflectionCan flames merge?
This is a little out there. Flickering souls, tread carefully.
Read reflectionAn experiment is not a failure if it teaches you something
I wanted to share this with you.
Read reflectionWhen the entire staff is you
Staff matters at Vilbert.is are generally going well.
Read reflectionBe a man. Call someone anyway.
I came across this recently:
Read reflectionWhere do the children play?
I recently saw an analysis of municipalities’ costs for preschool and after-school care.
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