Last summer, I set a weird business goal for the year ahead: I wanted to try to play golf or go skiing at least 50 times over the course of the calendar year, starting September 1st. And you might be thinking, “Dan, that’s not a business goal! That sounds like a personal thing!” But for … Continue reading "Make Time For It." The post Make Time For It. first appeared on danoshinsky.com.| danoshinsky.com
I often wish the hours for our day care were a little better. Drop off is at 8:45 a.m., pick-up is at 3:45 p.m. There are days when I’m cramming five or six calls into that window, then driving right back to pick up Ben. (Lunch sometimes happens in the five minutes between calls. ) … Continue reading "Embrace the Limitations." The post Embrace the Limitations. first appeared on danoshinsky.com.| danoshinsky.com
I was sitting on a hill yesterday in town, at a free concert in the park, with my son. He was eating a corndog — his very first. (He loved it.) The sky was blue, the air was cool. We’d biked up to the show together on the path behind our house. And I was thinking| danoshinsky.com
Ben got sick last week and ended up in the hospital for two nights. Then we came home, and just as we thought things were getting better, he realized that he could climb out of the crib, which turned bedtime into a game of, ”Please, it’s time for sleep!” (We kept losing.) And I had| danoshinsky.com
At least once a week, a reader asks me a question, and my reply is: “To be honest: This is one of those questions that's so far outside my wheelhouse that I'm not sure my advice is worth listening to!” People are sometimes surprised to hear me say that. I do run an entire business around giving| danoshinsky.com
I remember when my dad turned 40. They threw a big birthday party, and friends gifted him this giant inflatable cane. Everyone at the party signed it. It sat in his office for a long time, and I every time I visited dad at work, I remember reading the inscriptions and names on the cane. … Continue reading "Never Better Than Now." The post Never Better Than Now. first appeared on danoshinsky.com.| danoshinsky.com
When my son was a few months old, he went through a stretch where his sleep started to change. He’d been pretty consistently up to that point, sleeping more and more through the night, but then suddenly, he was sleeping less and getting a lot more fussy than usual. We mentioned it to a friend,| danoshinsky.com
Building a consulting business is a little weird, because it’s easy to end up in a situation where all your revenue comes from one place, and if something happens to that one revenue stream, you’re in trouble. It’s why, every year, one of my goals is to have at least five different five-figure revenue streams … Continue reading "Little Wins for the Business." The post Little Wins for the Business. first appeared on danoshinsky.com.| danoshinsky.com
I stumbled upon this story the other day about the CEO of Pittsburgh's airport, Christina Cassotis. I've got a soft spot for Pittsburgh — my wife’s from there, we got married there, and about once a year, we fly through there to visit my mother-in-law. The Pittsburgh airport’s a bit dated. It was built to| danoshinsky.com
It’s funny to imagine now, since I’m often the guy who’s on stage, but it wasn’t all that long ago that I hated going to conferences. Meeting lots of new people? Lots of small talk? Breakfast in a hotel conference room? No, thanks! But I have learned a few things about conferences along the way. … Continue reading "Three Tips for Networking at Conferences." The post Three Tips for Networking at Conferences. first appeared on danoshinsky.com.| danoshinsky.com
