The Entrepreneurial Life of Stephen Mitchell
Writing About My Life, Work, Creativity, and the Daily Effort to Learn, Grow, and Live Better.
In the process of leaving a comment at the flyingsolo.com website inside a post that tells how "how a few words can change a life", I found myself writing a thousand word essay! So I decided to do a bit more research and make it a post, giving my own personal incite and experience to... Continue Reading →
Turns out it isn't all that difficult to convert your photographs into stencils. Most children do this during their formative years. Now every parent can relive those fridge-covered days! But the first thing you have to ask yourself: Which photograph do I use? None of my current photo's seem worthy of putting on my chest!... Continue Reading →
I’m not going to steal Marc Hedlund’s thunder by simply copying and pasting his text to here: This post is the greatest piece of advice any entrepreneur will read, and every web-geek should already have read. This is basically a summary of a lot of great proverbs collected over his working lifetime, then gave his... Continue Reading →
1. Philip Greenspun When I found this article by Philip Greenspun talking about 'making money from your Website' earlier tonight, my head span and I really had to laugh at myself. Let me tell you why: Back then I realised quickly that my pages were getting overloaded with data, taking far too long to load,... Continue Reading →
It's that time of the year again, where we all go to lunch with work colleagues to celebrate surviving another year in the same work environment together - where we might have to endure sitting on a table loaded with big-wigs, fat-cats, and managers. The astute employee uses this location to their advantage, wielding a... Continue Reading →
Last year I posted on a previous journal explaining the reason why "you could not work for me". It might be cached somewhere, but I hope not. This is the follow up message: Why I could not work for some businesses. Because I am not a yes-man. Because I have initiative, and I am not... Continue Reading →
The most impressive actor on television today. Considering what he has to pretend to be. If I had just one half of his knowledge, I’d be twice as smart as I am now. Wait. That doesn’t sound good does it? The simplest website on the internet. I like it. Immensely. For all you entrepreneurs out... Continue Reading →
For the last two days my mind has been dry on subjects worthy of blogging Until today: U2. In 1985 my younger brother and I were given tape-cassettes for Christmas. If you do not know what tape-cassettes are, your education is not complete! {~terrible plagiarism of a quote by Bono whilst receiving his honoree degree... Continue Reading →
I had these printed in 22pt on the cubicle wall at my government day-job for over ten years. It helped. I cannot recall where I originally got it from - but it helps survive the days. It’s obviously aimed at a salesman, but can easily be used in anyone’s life. It's what keeps my entrepreneurial... Continue Reading →
The Entrepreneurial Life of Stephen Mitchell 