There’s a negative connotation with having to start over. The idea is that you messed up, that you didn’t do things correctly, and now you find yourself in a dire situation. It’s all negatives, all the way around. But what if I told you that the best outcomes in my…

There’s a gap between work we admire and work of our own. I grasped this concept a while back, while spending some time with one of my good friends, an accomplished graphic artist. He spends his days and nights on his computer, drawing away. Everywhere he goes, he sketches on…

If you’re anything like me, you were raised to believe that in order to accept the good in life, you had to simply let it in. Allow it to happen. That if you were closed-off from the possibility of something positive, it wouldn’t happen. For example, I still remember a…

Answer this question as honestly as you possibly can: Have you improved your skill set in the last four years? It may seem like a small-time question, one that surely doesn’t require more than a passing thought… But it’s far from that. It’s easy to say yes, that you have…

Have you ever been so overwhelmed by all the marketing information readily available? The books, the webinars, the YouTube channels, the blogs and guides… I’ll admit, it’s a lot. And even I had trouble finding my own two feet in the field. While having access to so much information is…

When was the last time you went on a date you weren’t feeling and still said “Yes, I’d like to meet up again. I’ll call you”? When was the last time you told the waitress that the meal you had was great, even though it was a bland burger and…

Have you ever been to a sports game and seen the coach yelling at one of the players? You probably thought “What a mean guy, he’s totally rubbing in the errors that he’s probably responsible for anyway.” Well, what if I told you that you might be that coach? Believe…

You might be the killer of your own dreams. I mean it, if you think about it, your own self-perception is tainted. And if you’re sitting there comparing yourself to other developers, well… that can get depressing pretty quick. Think about it. Maybe you’ve covered your face with your hands…

After a long day of coding, sketching, designing, Skype meetings, and possibly working a secondary job, the last thing indie developers realistically want to do is market their games. They may post a few tweets here and there, then give up. Or, they may throw up a website and then…