Independent Paths
Chasing Shadows
A lot of people here talk about career development and finding your calling. But what if your career - and
Portfolio Career
Creating, building and maintaining a modern career mix
Battle Scars
The ugly stuff is part of the package
Why the edit can't - and shouldn't - save you.
Reflections & Stories
Going pro at Euro 2020
I don’t raise my voice very often, but the other day I yelled at someone
relentlessly. He was involved
Portfolio Career
“How did you land the gig?”
A simple question that's anything but.
Portfolio Career
Standing on set
After he’d shot his scenes for the day, Alec Baldwin would retreat to the
comforts of his private trailer.
Transforming 'average'
This morning I asked Jacinta what she was wearing. It looked fabulous.
Something from a boutique perhaps? A well-known designer
Entrepreneurial Endeavours
Runway
When going out and doing a new thing, people often talk about ‘runway’. Usually
this term refers to the number
Stage Left
The resident earworm: west on 27th
Much of it was cleaning windows, picking up sandwiches, and writing mailing
labels. But it was the most impactful job
Stage Left
As good as it gets
It’s easy to forget that even Hollywood legends had to start somewhere.
There was once a time when Jack
Podcast
Under the Current Podcast: #12 - Jonathan Stark
funding the mission, and why marketing can drive us mad
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Mindsets & Growth
Finding your edge
Everyone says you’ve got to find your edge. Seek out your competitive advantage.
Maybe that’s not what’s
How-To Guides
How to find portfolio/audience fit
You’ve probably heard of Product/Market Fit. It’s widely seen as the holy grail
for just about every
Future Of Work
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For a long time, this kind of automation was incredibly expensive and complex to
set up.
Then, for most companies,
Positioning
Frames and Lenses
“Don’t care what anyone else thinks about you.”
Maybe.
But looking through the lens of others can sharpen up
Battle Scars
Do you remember your first 10?
Every business starts somewhere. There are very few that got off the ground with
hundreds or thousands of customers rather
Portfolio Career
Pareto in a pandemic
The theme of last month’s newsletter [https://howardgray.net/newsletter/] was
Dormant Ties. As the professor and author Herminia
In The Neighborhood
Back to the coffee shop
The Big Apple.
Gleaming skyscrapers.
Grand Central. Wall Street. Times Square.
Bright lights. Big city.
Big business.
Big bucks.
But
How-To Guides
A simple recipe for working independently
It can be hard not to marvel at those productivity gurus; the creative mavens;
those extraordinary entrepreneurs. They’re so