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4 Things I’m Learning as a Small Media Business Owner

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In April 2022, my political media business was making a clear transition from a steady hobby into a “real” business that was starting to make some impact. I had made (or was about to make) the campaign ads for almost every progressive politician running for something local in Sacramento, including Jaclyn Moreno, Caity Maple, Karina Talamantes, Alana Matthews, etc. This growth in my business was no accident – I was very intentionally using the network (and clout) I had built over my decade of experience as an external union organizer to get me in front of the right people in … Continue reading 4 Things I’m Learning as a Small Media Business Owner

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On Pursuing Mastery, Part 3: Authenticity

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I caught myself this morning noticing myself in bliss. I’ve been feeling this way for the last six hours: this almost complete euphoria. And it is the sort of euphoria that I did not chase or will myself into being. True euphoria is actually quite the opposite. True euphoria is almost like the absence of thought: a total fusion of “will” and “being” that doesn’t do, it just is. Unconsciously. And then I noticed it, a few moments ago, like, “Woah, I guess this morning I’ve been in a state of euphoria.” And now I am writing about it. Let … Continue reading On Pursuing Mastery, Part 3: Authenticity