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The #1 Secret to Killing a Business? Keep Being a Woodworker.

by Adam
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I can hear the collective *GASP* as you read that tittle and I see your hands starting to tie the noose in the orbital sander’s extension cord. Before there’s any mob lynchings, let me preface this post by saying, that what you’re going to read is the biggest mistake I ever made in business starting [...]

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Do They Know You Better Than Yourself?

by Adam
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photo credit: mcgraths How come no one’s teaching this stuff? That question was emphatically brought up during a recent strategy session with another woodworker. I’ve heard the question before. And at one time, I asked it myself. But something about it really stuck with me this time. “Why isn’t anyone teaching the basic principles of running a [...]

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The No. 1 Reason You Want a Woodworking Business

by Adam

There’s a lot of reasons people take up woodworking as a means of generating income. But, What’s the number one goal for you starting a woodworking business? At the core of every scenario you create for yourself, is one element that every woodworker has in common. It was the foundation upon which all other desires [...]

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WWJ02: Never Get Woodworker’s Burnout Again…

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[audio src="http://www.woodworkersjourney.com/audio/podcast2.mp3" options="controls autobuffer" format="mp3"] Thanks for all of your feedback about my first podcast here on the Woodworker’s Journey. Well, you said do another so here’s my second podcast. If you were at #woodchat last Wed. you know we talked about woodworking and burnout. You all had some great suggestions for getting through it [...]

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