WordPress website design

Choosing a theme is a common challenge I’ve noticed while helping many people create or revise websites. So why are we so challenged at times to move beyond stuck and make a decision?

For the most part, we are hardwired to avoid failure.

Starting from infancy, our parents interacted with us in ways that seemed to reward or punish our behavior. We generally elicited a positive response from an adult when we smiled or reached out to grab an offered finger. As infants, to survive, we needed to connect. To get attention. We couldn’t do anything for ourselves. So we learned early what the “correct” action was so we were rewarded.

Even as adults, we don’t want to fail. [Read more…] about How to Get Unstuck and Choose a WordPress Theme

Have you ever looked inside a Cracker Jacks box? They were all the rage when I was growing up….

What you find inside the box looks pretty much alike. Hard to distinguish one carmel-colored popcorn kernel from another.

There is not much in the box that stands out and catches your attention.

And yet there is one exception.

The message printed on the outside of each box says, “Prize Inside.”

While there are only a number of unique prizes, you never know which one might be inside your box. For the buyer of Cracker Jacks, that unknown made your box feel unique. And after you’d had enough of the sticky-sweet popcorn, you’d keep digging [Read more…] about How to Get a Custom WordPress Theme Design for Your Budget