For the first 7 years of being a freelancer, Toby Cryns tried to be awesome at everything. But for all his efforts, after all those years of sweat and toil and working into the late-night hours, he came to the harsh realization that his path was really a commitment to being average across all sorts of categories.<\/p>\n
Two years ago, he started a journey to be awesome at one thing. Getting to awesome meant leaving behind a lot of notions he had about success as well as creating a new framework for prioritizing his time.<\/p>\n
In this talk, Toby will share the struggles and joys of being awesome at something. He will give you nuts and bolts advice borne of his experience building a company that provides on-demand WordPress support, but, even more important, seeks to be the best communicator of work, budgets, and deadlines in the entire world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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