What Did You Want To Do When You Grew Up?
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Do you remember the dreams you had when you were a kid?
Not the “ride a purple unicorn to Mars and live among the Little Red Men” dreams (not that there’s anything wrong with that). I mean the dreams about what you’d work at when you grew up…or at least, when you got older 
I’ve been thinking about my early ideas of what I wanted to do and my most recent ideas for a worklife, too.
If I show you mine, will you show me yours?
Here’s what I wanted to do for work as a 7 or 8 year old up to a (somewhat) wiser woman of almost 40, in order of occurrence, not preference—
Build It Better: Doodlefinder.com
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Note: It’s a long page, so I tore out the middle to shorten the image. Gotta love SnagIt.
In previous Build It Better articles we learned how not to administer an ecourse, poked at PDF ebooks, and redesigned some business cards.
This time I’m picking at one of my own projects, and I’d love for you to contribute your opinions and ideas in the comments. And don’t try to spare my feelings, eh? It’s overdue for a redo and your feedback ranks highly with me. Read more
More Fab Swag From Capella U. [Micropost]
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When I wrote about Capella University’s wondrous freebies in the Holy Grail of Swag, I truly believed their customized and personalizable academic planner couldn’t be topped. I mean, it came with stickers.
But the little beauty pictured above arrived earlier this week, and I just had to share it. It tickles me as much as the planner, and while it pretty much speaks for itself, I will say this:
- It’s smaller than the palm of my hand and easily fits in both my purse and laptop bag
- The carry box is very sturdy and durable
- There are extra staples for the teeny stapler, which is super-nifty
And it totally passes the IttyBiz Test of Great Swag: relevant, appropriate, attractive, practical, coordinating, and “not shit”.
Et tu? Have you received a notably good freebie lately? Lemme know down below…
Some Re-Assembly Required
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A friend or lover or partner or spouse who believes in you is a precious thing. A beautiful thing. A dangerous thing.
Precious and beautiful because they know and support your dreams and plans and hopes for your future. And they’re dangerous for the exact same fricking reasons. Here’s the story— Read more
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The Value of Value: Snippets on Pricing Our Services brought some great comments from consultants and service providers on how they set and stand by their rates. You Scratch My Back And I’ll Scratch Yours showed the benefits of client incentives, and the comments that followed touched on commissions and the beauty of barter.
With those in mind, let’s chew on a pricing method that’s the flipside of the first post and smells something like the second: letting customers choose what they pay. It’s value-based pricing, but the value is in the eye of the beholder. It’s a reciprocal back scratch, but who scratched first?
Letting customers choose their own price may sound a little crazy (and maybe it is), but crazy or not, folks are giving it a try. Here’s what I’ve seen so far— Read more
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