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Who’s Having a Wobble?!

I learned a wonderful phrase last week from Louise Cornick over at Upholstery Education: Having a Wobble. Various dictionaries define “Wobble” as “to teeter or rock unsteadily” and “not properly balanced.” Though these apply to the PHYSICAL experience of wobbling, they’re incredibly applicable to our EMOTIONAL experience under uncertain circumstances. And I will be honest: …

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When Bad Work Happens to Good People

Here’s a popular conversation among upholsterers: “I hate low quality work. It makes us all look bad.” Okay. I agree. Most consumers are so unfamiliar with professional upholstery that one terrible experience may form their entire world view. IF they choose to reupholster again, they’ll be jaded and slower to trust. But this is an …

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Building a Better Tomorrow

Last week, I listened to an episode of 99% Invisible on “social infrastructure” (Listen to it here: Episode 346 – Palaces for the People) Social infrastructure are the places, events and connections that bind a community together. Social infrastructure can include libraries, parks, trails, shopping districts, and all the events and gatherings that happen there …

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Give Yourself a Raise, Already: How to Improve Your Hourly Rate Right Now.

One especially vicious truth about professional upholstery is that quality and speed are two infuriating sides of the same coin. To do a good job, we must slow down. To make any money, we must speed up. This is a challenge for most upholsterers, but especially for NEW ones. It takes thousands of hours to …

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What are you listening to? Let’s talk about “time management”

Well it’s blog day and I’m just starting a post at noon. Why??? Because, as usual, I’m running in circles like a chicken, failing completely at “time management” That’s in quotes because I’m humoring the theory of Rory Vaden that you can’t manage time: You can only manage yourself. And baby, I am a nightmare …

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