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Today, the intellectual capital barrier is showing cracks. Yesterday’s patents are losing their value as companies leapfrog each other in a constant race to innovate. Not only that, using intellectual property as a barrier can sometimes hurt companies rather than help them, since it can slow the growth of the business ecosystems

And as your opportunities increase, don’t respond by matching your capacity to meet the additional opportunities. Under-build your capacity, instead, and have more “no” conversations.

all began with a client reaching out to me with a half-hearted request.

Bodies have skin; cells have membranes; water droplets have surface tension. These containing, enveloping boundaries allow a thing to exist. Without them, there is no “thing,” just an undifferentiated mass of stuff. With them, whatever it is can grow, flourish, and explore its unique way of being.

The world would have you believe that a creative practice is an indulgence, an impractical waste of resources better invested in . . . something else,

that criticism comes with creating anything for the public and isn’t a reason to not do it.

Remember, you are not exempt from ‘being in business’ just because you’re a freelancer. This mentality keeps freelancers from breaking free of the up-then-down income roller coaster cycle, boxes us into Maintenance Mode and produces that feeling of ‘treading water’ and ultimate dissatisfaction with our craft.

Pain is unrelenting. It will get our attention. Despite our attempts to drown it in addiction