Make Your Own Privilege

10/05/2024

Reminiscing on old projects

Forgive the fact that there are no before pictures.

10/01/2024

How you invest your time is the biggest factor in how much money you make and how much you accomplish in life. Something you’re not taught in school, even business school, is that there are two main ways to manage your time. These two ways interact, but are also diametrically opposed. Because of this opposition you must figure out which style is appropriate for you as fast as you can so you can start producing at max efficiency for your life…

A fully booked day is maximally invested

09/28/2024

The completed Photo Wall - the best way you can help support this and see more like it is to share or comment or all of the above.

Having just watched the movie Inside Out with the kids, it really hit me just how perfect a photo wall is for the entire family.

09/23/2024

The bad news about employees that aren't doing what you want them to do is that it's most likely YOUR fault. The good news is that it's most likely YOUR fault, because that means you can do something about it.

https://dominicjones8.substack.com/p/how-to-get-others-to-do-what-you

09/09/2024

“How in the world do you get so much accomplished? I'm amazed at how much you get done”...

6 Months Later...

“I thought you said you starting that project a long time ago. It seems like you’re at the same stage as when we spoke last.”
https://dominicjones8.substack.com/p/distractions-are-killing-your-productivity

09/07/2024

https://open.substack.com/pub/dominicjones8/p/rebuilding-the-bar-part-3?r=43ywcp&utm_medium=ios

Completion

09/02/2024

“Labeling is a negotiation technique that everyone needs to have in their bag of tricks, but most people are too terrified to use it. See, the idea is, when you’re trying to sell something to somebody, you have to realize that as fast as you are coming up with reasons for them to buy, give you their number, sell to you, turn off the tv and go to bed, whatever it is, they are coming up with reasons to reject your offer.”

Stop avoiding it, whoever gets to the elephant in the room first wins

08/31/2024

“Part 2 of Rebuilding the Bar is all about the penny bar top. As you can see the bar top we started with was just wood with plastic glued on top of it. It had no pizzaz, the plastic was peeling off, and personally I was not a fan of the sharp edges because I have little kids that are forever running by it. It had to go…”

Part 2 of Rebuilding the Bar is all about the penny bar top.

08/26/2024

“I guarantee you, whether you run a business or run a household, the level up that you think is out of reach because it costs too much or requires a new skill set is actually hiding right under your bed waiting for you to clean it out and turn it into cash.”

How repurposing your waste can change the whole game for your business or household

06/23/2024

As oft as we’d prefer it, life does not favor the passive observer; nor does it allow us to remain as such.

06/18/2024

People don’t want to be right. People want to have been right.

05/02/2024

Inflation is legal counterfeiting. Counterfeiting is illegal inflation.