100 issues, one final note
On shaping ideas, building visibility, and working solo
Solo Field Notes
A curated collection to help solopreneurs stand out with smart systems, design, and visual frameworks.
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Building a Body of Work (+ a personal update)
Wondering if your work is going anywhere? Here's how it becomes meaningful.
Does every project need your full effort?
Why frustration often comes from misreading what your work is asking of you.
Sprint, cruise, idle. Which pace are you working at?
The problem isn’t effort. It’s the pace you never chose.
The Clarity Trap Nobody Talks About
It looks like momentum. It feels like progress. But it drains your best work.
Before things speed up, answer these 3 questions
Here’s a one-page framework to reset direction when work feels unclear.
The Urgency You’re Feeling Is a Lie
Most of what feels important right now might not be. Here’s how to tell.
More money. More fun. Make both show up in the New Year.
My Money-Fun Matrix helps you increase both your joy and your profits.
This one number nearly broke a business
There are 3 big ways to track results. One sets you up for heartache. Another sets you free.
The inventor who designed for failure, and won!
Paul MacCready won a prize that stumped engineers for 18 years by failing... a lot. It's a lesson for your success.