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I remember the first time I went to see my accountant. I was around 19 or 20, and figured it was time for me to treat my side hustle of building websites as an actual business. I had been reading books on how to…

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I found myself in a rare position yesterday morning: I didn’t know what I was going to write about for this newsletter. The best I had was a vague idea about the point I wanted to make. Then my youngest daughter, Abby, asked me…

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Over the weekend, I saw Toy Story 5, which I highly recommend. You will probably cry. While sitting through the obnoxious amount of ads and previews (about 30 minutes’ worth and enough that all three of my kids asked, “when will the movie start?”),…

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Last week the parish carnival was in town. It’s one of my kids’ favorite summer events so we got the weekly pass, which ended up saving us $120 (seriously, we were there like 60% of the time it was open). At several points, my…

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There’s a children’s game in Philly / eastern PA that’s called “Whisper Down the Lane.” Pretty much the rest of the USA calls it “Telephone.” If you’re unfamiliar with the game, a bunch of kids sit in a line, and the first person whispers…

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I remember the first time I went to see my accountant. I was around 19 or 20, and figured it was time for me to treat my side hustle of building websites as an actual business. I had been reading books on how to…

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Back when I taught Computer Science at The University of Scranton, I was tasked with teaching what most faculty viewed as an unenviable course: Computer Literacy. It was a required course that all freshmen had to take, and we didn’t teach software development in…

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When I was in high school, I wanted people to like me. I thought being really nice was the way to do that, so any time someone asked me for a favor, I was much more apt to say yes than no. Nowhere was…

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This week I talk about how I used 4 hours of solo driving to and from a mastermind retreat in Baltimore — and why I chose to turn everything off instead of grinding through business prep. Then a wholesome story about a teen umpire…

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Have you ever seen a 5-digit notification badge? It’s most stressful things I see on someone’s phone. And I get it — as a solopreneur, email feels urgent. What if a client needs something? What if you miss a deal? But after nearly a…

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