I Fit Five Practices into My Everyday Life Without Feeling Like a Slave to a Habit Tracker Practice doesn't lead to perfection. Instead, it leads to consistency. ~Baz Over the last 20 years, I’ve experimented with numerous practices and life strategies I came across while studying self-improvement and Buddhist-influenced spiritual growth. Some of these included yoga, Pilates, transcendental meditation, kriya yoga, fasting, insight journaling, and non-violent communication. While some...
16 days ago • 8 min read
“Unlike animals who thrive in a specific niche, like a lion in the Savannah, humans create jackets for the cold and fans for the heat. We’re tool builders and deep generalists.” ~Dan Koe *** Hi all, Baz here, and Happy Thursday! You know, for years, I taught students to niche down and become a big fish in a small pond. It’s not that I got it wrong, it's just that I was a bit off target. Here’s what I think hits the bullseye: 🎯 Blend Your Interests Into a Brand that Makes You a 'Niche of One'...
23 days ago • 3 min read
I was disillusioned with Substack I've been on Substack for a few years and have created and killed about seven—yes, I said seven newsletters there.😳 I've always had an issue with how Substack limits monetization, and I soon found that their email function—while a cool feature—wasn't robust enough. As Substack evolves, bigger names crowd out the attention base of the folks some of us serve. Don't get me wrong—I think Dan Koe's coming to Substack is great. Others of his caliber, such as Jim...
26 days ago • 2 min read
This is the second in a series of posts about transitioning from a newsletter writer to an educational creator. Yesterday, I wrote about feeling like an imposter You can click the image to read the post if you missed it. I’d become convinced that writing solely as a newsletter writer—especially under Substack’s limited monetization model—wouldn’t meet my revenue goals. I wanted a more robust creation cycle and portfolio. An educational creator writes and rounds out his services to meet...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
You know the type... The poolside YouTube videos The 'anyone can do it' mantra you've heard time and again It makes me ill, and I can't stand it anymore. It's not all jealousy 🧐 Sure, I'd love to have millions in the bank. But, I'd rather hang on to my self-respect, too. This photo is the closest I’d ever come to showing off. It was taken in April of 2020 when I bought the first new car I’d ever purchased -always been a pre-owned kind of car buyer- at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic....
about 2 months ago • 2 min read