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Announcing: The Work By Design Summit!
And...it's here! I've been hinting at a big project I've been working on over the past few months, and today is the day. We're opening the doors so you can get your tickets to this crazy amazing FREE event, which starts in just 8 days. Get your FREE ticket today....
Stay Grounded in a Time of Crazy Busy
If you're not new to these parts, you know that one thing I hate is being busy. In fact, in 2015 my word of the year was just that: #BanBusy. That said,...
Work Less and Do More Than You Think
The past two weeks, it’s felt like I’ve been doing a whole lot of not doing much. I’ve been sick, my daughter has been sick, we’ve had family staying with us, and with winter approaching I’m already feeling the all-around energy lulls that seem to make any task take...
Who Created Your Mess?
My daughter, nearly two, does a thing. There are many things she does, naturally, but there is this one that I want to talk about today. It relates to her genetics, of course, and her...
When Banning Busy Isn’t Relevant
I’ve had a super busy two weeks in Europe and the Middle East. The kind of busy that takes my breath away and certainly not the type of busy I regularly live out in my daily life. Interestingly, though, this busy hasn’t left me limp on the floor gasping for some...
Day 7: Money, Money, Money, Money!
{Have you checked out the free 7-day Start Your Blog Challenge? Sign up here. More than a decade ago, people starting earning full-time livings blogging. Alas, that has not stopped the world from asking every blogger who has ever admitted to blogging if you can...
Day 6: Engagement, Engagement, Engagement
{Have you checked out the free 7-day Start Your Blog Challenge? Sign up here. So content may be queen, but how do you increase the chances that folks will engage with your content? Here are few tips to ensure that your content is ready to be engaged with....
Day 5: Share the Love, You Blogger You
{Have you checked out the free 7-day Start Your Blog Challenge? Sign up here. It’s Day 5, and it’s all about sharing. In my journey as an early employee at Twitter and as the author of a book about how to use Twitter, I’ve given hundreds of presentations on how to...
Day 4: Content is Queen, and Other Things Bloggers Know
{Have you checked out the free 7-day Start Your Blog Challenge? Sign up here. It’s Day 4, which means you’re now an official blogger! Did you get your blogger tattoo yet? Because although I support you 100% with your decision, I’d recommend you keep reading before...
Day 3: The Bells and Whistles You Need On Your Blog
{Have you checked out the free 7-day Start Your Blog Challenge? Sign up here. Today’s lesson is all about some of the foundational things your blog needs to make it extra awesome before you start typing away with your awesome words. It looks like a long...
How to Have a Hard Conversation
This month I had a couple hard conversations. They were not fun, and not something I looked forward to with great joy. Instead, as the hours ticked down to their kick-off time I was mostly shaking in my flip-flops and desperately trying to distract myself with any and...
Day 1: Why You Want to Blog
Today we’re going to talk about WHY you want to blog, and why your WHY matters anyway. But first, let’s get introductions out of the way. I’m Claire Diaz-Ortiz. (AKA @Claire on the twitters.) I’ve been blogging for 11 years. 11 long-short, fast-slow crazy years of...
Why It’s True that What You Resist Persists
The Little Things One of the downsides of our cool lakeside home is that we have weird tap water I don’t like. By weird I mean it’s salty, and by “don’t like” I mean revile. It tastes semi normal at first, and then the aftertaste is a bit like you just bathed in a tub...
How To Stop: Day 21 of the #DesignYourDay Challenge
It's Day 21 of the 21 Days to #DesignYourDay Challenge in honor of my new book, Design Your Day: Be More Productive, Set Better Goals, and Live Life on Purpose! (See all the details about the book here.) To celebrate, each weekday for 21 days I'll be over on...
How I Manage My Email: Day 20 of the #DesignYourDay Challenge
It's Day 20 of the 21 Days to #DesignYourDay Challenge in honor of my new book, Design Your Day: Be More Productive, Set Better Goals, and Live Life on Purpose! (See all the details about the book here.) To celebrate, each weekday for 21 days I'll be over on...