You should stop procrastinating
By the way, paying subscribers can get this post as a video instead; that’s here. Maybe you were a crammer in school. Or you finished your papers with just...
Video: You should stop procrastinating
Hey, friends. Here’s the video version of a free post I made today about procrastination. Maybe you were a crammer in school. Or you finished your papers...
Just say no sometimes
I absolutely believe you should make time to meet with folks, even if they won’t directly generate business for you. That’s putting goodness into the world,...
Negotiation is a conversation
I’ve been wrestling with my starting sentence for this piece. Because what I want to say is “Everyone has an opinion on how to start a negotiation,” but I’m...
You deserve to be treated better
Note: I’ll be publishing an article for all subscribers later today! As you know, most content on Your Intermittent Lex is free. Occasional posts are limited...
Decisiveness is incredibly important — and greatly appreciated
I’ve written before about making great decisions, and shared some thoughts on the Amazon mentality of “one-way door” and “two-way door” decision making. It’s...
Pricing is really hard.
I’m self-employed. As a full-time consultant, I have to price access to myself, which sometimes feels crazy, but is in fact totally reasonable: Employers pay...
On hot goss and spilling the tea
Most posts to Your Intermittent Lex are free. A couple each month are for paying subscribers only. This is one of those posts. We’re humans. We like gossip....
Thank you. Seriously.
I recently wrote about the power of saying “I don’t know.” Read the whole thing, but the summary is simply that telling a client (or potential one!) “I don’t...
My email with a 100% response rate
I use this site to share thoughts, advice, tips, and tricks on doing better in business and life. And the vast majority of posts here on Your Intermittent...
“I don’t know” is more powerful than you think
I’m a podcast listener. One show I love is Judge John Hodgman, where John — most famously known as the PC in those “Hello, I’m a Mac” ads with Justin Long —...
The customer is always something: On dealing with difficult customers
If you have customers, you will sometimes have difficult customers; this is a reality of life as much as business: Sometimes, people are difficult....
Be generous with yourself, too
Last week, for the first time, I was hit with COVID. Hard. It sucked. I got exposed on a Saturday. Started having symptoms Monday night, got even worse...
Be generous with your time
My work life is broken down into hours. Whether I’m doing project-based work or ongoing retainer-based engagements, I look at my work calendar as a series of...
Calendar etiquette
You need to do well at your meetings themselves, of course. But doing a good job with your meetings starts before the meeting. It starts when you send the...
A funny story about being the customer
I’m doing something risky. I’m describing a story as funny before you’ve heard it. You’ll be the judge of whether it’s actually funny. I think it is. This...
How to prioritize important tasks
No matter where you work, no matter what you do, your business has priorities. And almost certainly, it even has competing priorities. Essentially, there are...
The magic of a good opener
When you’re writing, it’s not worth stressing about your opener. Just start writing. You can figure out your intro later, before you click Send. But when...
The power of awesomeness
I started this Substack in November. Now we’re nearly halfway through January (!), and it’s still going strong. I’m proud of that. More generally, though,...
Making tough decisions
Obviously I recently launched paid subscription support. Good ol’ Lextra Credit. And now I’m faced with the constant decision: What’s paid, and what’s free?...