• If you read just one thing this week, make it this: Kate quit social media cold turkey for a full week. Here’s what happened.
• How should you deal with clients that you’re not keen on working with any longer? Amanda has some helpful scripts.
• I’m the boss. I’m not bossy. TRUTH.
• Sian lays it on the line when it comes to escaping the death spiral of consumption and I love her handy chart.
• Really, what does it mean to be constantly busy? Why does our society place such a high value on it?
• I love this New York Times piece about folks in their 80s who refuse to retire — in fact, they’re at the top of their game.
• 3 ways to define what your blog is about.
• Marketing authenticity: when branding gets personal.
• 10 ways to answer the dreaded, “Can I pick your brain?” question.
• So cool: famous album covers come alive!
• What happens when you’re labeled an “It Girl” by the media? It’s impossible to live up to it and a completely unfair marker.
• Sure, I have a pet squirrel. But, a pet lion?! That’s on another level.
• I really hope someone awesome buys up this ghost town and restores it!
• It’s hard to imagine how one man actually counterfeited more than $200 million in U.S. currency.
• When Sheila E. met Prince: I stared up at the poster and told him, “I’m gonna meet you one day.” And then, it actually happened.
Image: World Cup Stamps.
