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It's Summer. Just about all of your clients are going on vacation. And when they do, they pause all of their projects. This is supposed to be your time to sit back and relax too, but you're trippin' instead. You’re worrying about money instead of enjoying this extra time you have.

We've built a lot of Single Sign-on (SSO) systems for our clients over the years. They're fun, I think, because they're so painful. You like pain too? Oh good, then read on.

Entropy: "Lack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder."

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it." — Goethe

Get angry at the right time, at the right things, at the right people, in the right way and for the right amount of time. This is from Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics. It's a description of the temperate person and it's a good measure of your ability to manage your relationships with clients, team, kids, parents, spouses, everybody.

What's the exit for you? You are a successful freelancer or you manage a small team by yourself or with a partner. You've had enough and now it's time to sell. But wait. Stop. Pretend like someone acquires your company? Why did they pay so much? What's in it for them? Why couldn't you have done what they are going to do and kept the money AND the company?

What kind of a blogger would I be if I didn't seize upon the opportunity to follow-up my blog post on follow-up with a follow-up blog post?

There are literally ants crawling all over me right now. I think one is headed right into my ear. But this would not be a problem if the ant exterminator guy I called two weeks ago would have followed up with me to schedule an appointment.