Insights

Wrapping Up The Year? It’s Time for Rest.

Most of us, at the end of the year, take some time for rest. Time to slow down, to think about and plan for the next year. But here's what I know – one or even two weeks off to ...

Melissa Lema is Amazing

Hey, it's my blog, right? So if I want to tell you how amazing my wife is, I get to do that. And you can skip today's post, but I suggest you don't because there's a lesson in here for ...

Perseverance Creates Luck

Steve Martin, in his Masterclass course on comedy says, “When it's your turn to be picked, you have to be within pointing distance.” If we're friends or you've read my posts, you've likely heard me say, “All things being equal, ...

Thinking About Learning All Wrong

In the Lema house, we have a high value for learning and education My wife was a teacher in school districts for almost two decades and then spent time home schooling our two kids until they got to high school. ...

Are You Willing To Suck?

I Turned 51 Today Today I begin my 52 year around the sun. That's just another way of saying I'm getting older and today was my birthday. I spent the day in Disney's California Adventure with my wife and two ...

Celebrating What’s Important

Tomorrow I’ll turn 51. Thankfully, I have all the gifts I could ever want. The friendships I’ve made have not only sustained me but been blessings in my life over the last pair of decades. But life wasn’t always this ...

Predicting the Future

Predicting the Future is Impossible Predicting the future is impossible and will only highlight how wrong you are. Right? I mean, I'm the guy who said, once on a podcast, that the only thing you could know for certain about ...

Running Multiple WordPress Sites for One Business

Remember When I Told You About Courses on a Subdomain? A bit ago I wrote about running your course on a subdomain and how to sell on one site, and then run the course on another. I used the power ...

Improving Your WordPress Site’s Performance

Let's Say You Wanted to Lose Weight We're going to talk about your WordPress Site's performance, but first let me walk you thru a thought exercise. Imagine you wanted to lose weight. Would you believe someone if they told you ...

Why the Pagely Sale is Good for Everyone

This is one of those “insider baseball” posts so if you're not into WordPress ecosystem posts, skip this one and come back tomorrow. Another Big & Success Company Just Sold Just a few months ago Yoast sold to Bluehost. I ...