Future Happiness Means No Happiness

Future Happiness Means No Happiness

Many people seek to work so hard at finding inner peace. They are convinced it takes so much work! Look at all the yoga, meditation, it goes on and on. I can’t emphasize enough the need to concentrate on the moment as it is right now. This is where it’s at. The world...
Give Yourself A Raise! Do The Math!

Give Yourself A Raise! Do The Math!

Comments re: my post about how to set your fees for services have moved me to write another little ditty about pricing your work. Here is my proposition….raise your rates! Lose some clients! Be happier in the process! Here is how the math works. Let’s say you gross...
The Half-Second Problem – Or Is It?

The Half-Second Problem – Or Is It?

One night on a 2008 vacation I had been reading Tor Norretrander’s book The User Illusion and I’ll be darned if my mind didn’t give me a concrete example of how the “half-second problem” works the very next morning! First of all, what is the “half-second problem”...
Don’t Be Solid!

Don’t Be Solid!

I like what Eckhart Tolle says in The Power of Now about how since we are made up of about 99.9999% space, we don’t have to let ANYTHING bother us. He uses the example of a bothersome car alarm going off across the street when you are sitting at home. What he asks us...
Pricing Your Services – Can Everyone Afford You?

Pricing Your Services – Can Everyone Afford You?

I will always remember the seminar I attended with Denis Reggie, the pre-eminent wedding photographer of the late 1980′s. I am not sure what he is doing today, but he pretty much “invented” the wedding style of the journalistic wedding photo. I always enjoyed his...
You Are Batting .0004! (One out of 2,500)

You Are Batting .0004! (One out of 2,500)

Tor Norretranders’ book The User Illusion contains a lot of interesting facts about consciousness and the way our brain works. One very interesting fact is that your conscious mind (the one you use all day and trust so much to do everything right) can detect 15 to 20...