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This will be a short post, because what I have to say is pretty straightforward.

I have finally come to the conclusion that, although I am really damn good at lots of different things, the time has come to SPECIALIZE. Yes, that dreaded word, the one that means saying ‘no’ to some things and saying ‘yes’ to the Right Things.

(And what this means is that sometimes, you say no for now to things that might be Right Things later.)

My Right Things

So, in the interests of being really awesome at a few things, here are the things I love doing, that I would do for free if it weren’t for the fact that my electric bills can’t be paid in warm fuzzies, and that I would love more than anything to do for you:

Websites, logos, and Twitter backgrounds.

And also, very very soon, coaching for creative rockstars like you. Except it might not be called coaching, I haven’t decided yet.

This doesn’t mean that I won’t ever ever do the other things on my current Services page; I can still do them and do them in an awesome way. And I will still offer them, but one of my lovely Ninjas will do it for you instead.

So. It’s your turn. What are your Right Things? What do you love?

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