Emmett's Blog

The Future is always a fun topic.

Everybody loves a BEFORE / AFTER Whether it's a weight loss journey or a recovery story, something inspiring is about it.

The experiment that nobody talks about is TELLING PEOPLE you enjoy their work/content/thing.

The pivot happened when I was working the second shift (3-11:30 pm) as a janitor at the hospital.

Short and sweet, microblogging can be a great way to get out the stuff in your head into the world.

The goal is to build the muscle of posting, the perfection can come later.

What if instead of calling each other names, and fueling egos.

He needed an oxygen mask, after scaling Laundry Mountain; his personal Everest.

My creative philosophy is simple.

So much content I used to follow was about how you needed to be up before 5 am to be successful, and hustle, and whatnot.

Setting a timer and trying to beat the clock is a great way to gamify tasks.

Looking back 5 years ago.

Evergreen posts.

I am grateful I haven't met my heroes.

LET PEOPLE DO THEIR JOB.

Friday Follow List: Jake Weber of Printernet Phillip Jackson of Future Commerce Sanjay Jenkins over at Replo Chase Jarvis of The Chase Jarvis Live Show There are so many other wonderful people I follow.

My biggest win is as of mid-January I have been working from home for the last 3 years, which feels like a major unlock.

The phrase seems easy.

If you don't have your own website.

I don't.

Honestly, I've been failing at this part of the challenge.

Answering some Frequently asked questions.

Day 5: almost a full week into this challenge and it's been good to write every day.

I wish I knew it would have taken as long as it did to get into Tech.

Myths.

Knowing how to teach is a literal superpower.

Everybody has a story to share.

Challenges like this will keep me more accountable.

In this digital world, showing off projects we are working on is becoming more difficult.

Hearing Yancey Strickler talk about Our Band could be your life, gave me instant flashbacks to being in the back of a car driving home from seeing family in the mid-west reading this book during a spring break vacation.

Yes, I know the title is a bit gross.

This line from Fugazi's song "Bad Mouth", hits just as hard as it did when I first heard it.

This year has seemed to speed past me faster than normal.

Shill: an accomplice of a hawker, gambler, or swindler who acts as an enthusiastic customer to entice or encourage others.

Listen, we all like getting things for free.

Hey Walmart, You have a secret admirer.

There has been a lot of talk about how "weird" Roblox is.

The wonderful Aaron Francis shared a video called Growing is Forever "It is not easy to grow so much, for so long."

This is what having kids at home while I work from home has taught me about B2B sales.

In a world where day-to-day life gets in the way of catching up with internet friends is tough.

Latest shoptalkshow Dave and Chris talk about slinging Cotton Candy and Churros.

It's County Fair season.

I often wonder with places like twitter, is just different people of influence taking turns playing peek-a-boo and we are giggle about it after the recess bell rings and go back to our day-to-day.

Being left to my own devices on a 6 hour flight, and having downloaded a couple podcast episodes to listen to on the flight, as well as carrying my copy of "The Multiplayer Brand" by the wonderful people over at Future Commerce, got me thinking.

In Startup Land, there is so much talk about joining a rocketship.

Sure, a nice cup of coffee is an incredible gift.

February 29th.

Real question… doing some research for a project. >>> Especially for people who feel stuck right now… Is there anything/something that you \*do\* have motivation to do right now?

This post is for all of you just posting your threads on these social media platforms.

The first part of the title is what I saw on my phone this afternoon.