I Decided in Thirty Seconds Whether Your Resume Was Worth Reading
June 4, 2026
Twenty years on the hiring side of the table. I know what hiring managers are thinking because I was one, and the first thirty seconds decides more than anybody admits.
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Behind the BookI Asked for a Weekend Off. My Boss Said Fifteen Minutes or You Are Fired.
June 1, 2026
Not asking permission, just telling him I would be out of range for a weekend. He said if I did not call back within fifteen minutes of a page, I was fired.
Artificial IntelligenceThe AI Skills That Will Actually Matter in Five Years
May 27, 2026
Most AI skills lists are really tool lists, ChatGPT, Claude, Midjourney, and the tools turn over every six months. The human skills underneath do not. Here are eight capabilities that mattered more in 2026 than five years earlier, and that…
Artificial IntelligenceAI Isn’t Coming for Your Job. Other People Using AI Are.
May 27, 2026
AI is not coming for your job. Other people using AI are. The doomer framing is wrong because it excuses you from the only action that matters; the hype framing fails the same way. The accurate, uncomfortable version: the machine…
Artificial IntelligenceRetrain or Be Replaced. There Is No Third Option.
May 27, 2026
Retrain or be replaced, there is no third option. Every excuse you are giving yourself for not learning AI now is one a previous generation gave itself about the typewriter, the PC, the internet, and they were all wrong. The…
Behind the BookI Won a Contest for $15. It Took Me Two Hours.
May 19, 2026
Three hours on a review for a fifty dollar prize I did not win. Three months of contests for one fifteen dollar win. The arithmetic on micro-income schemes is worse than it looks.
BusinessMistakes Are Not Okay. How You Handle Them Is
February 12, 2026
When a point-of-sale system fails across a retail chain, stores stop taking money and the calls start before you have even found the problem. I ran those systems at Trader Joe's for 20 years. In that world, mistakes are okay…
Book CoachHow I Handle Rejection as a Ghostwriter: The Business Reality Nobody Talks About
February 12, 2026
I charge $1 a word, which puts a typical book between $50,000 and $80,000. When prospects hear that, some of them simply disappear. Rejection is part of this business, and almost no one talks honestly about it. Here is how…
BusinessJust Do Your Job | Boundaries, Overwork, and Knowing Your Worth
February 10, 2026
Just do your job means one thing from a boss, stop asking questions, and something very different to yourself, stop carrying everyone else's load. The distance between those two is where workplace misery breeds. Drawing on 20 years in retail…
BusinessFair Compensation for Writers: Never Work for Free
February 9, 2026
Getting paid to write is harder than it should be, but hard is not impossible. The writers who earn well are rarely the most talented, they are the ones who treat writing as a business. Here is what that actually…
BusinessThe Gig Economy: Cutting Through the BS
November 5, 2025
$10,000 in affiliate marketing. $35,000 on eBay. Twelve years of experiments. Here's what worked, and why most gig economy advice is complete garbage.
BusinessSuddenly Unemployed: The Honest Guide to Job Searching
November 4, 2025
From a hiring manager who spent 20 years at Trader Joe's: what to do in the first 48 hours, how long your money will last, and the job search strategy most pe