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Bad Habits
I’ve been going through a lot of life changes recently, and this state of flux has created some bad habits for me. I get like this when my life gets too busy or I have a lot of projects going on that are particularly draining. So what do you do when this happens? I’ve basically come [...]
Continue reading...Less, Part 3: The E-mail Diet
Sunday, February 17, 2008
I had been using Eudora for my e-mail for a very long time, as it was handed out as part of the computing package at my school, Cornell University. And then a disaster happened: while my mailboxes were compressing, I got an end-of-file error, thereby losing about half of the e-mails in my inbox. I [...]
Continue reading...Less, Part 2: Noise
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
I dropped the ads from my site. In the end, it had nothing to do with the aesthetics or the influence, but with clarity. I simply felt the ads were distracting me from my true, internal reasons for having this site, and I couldn’t let that happen. The ads were removed, my purpose for this site [...]
Continue reading...Death to procrastination [link]
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Death to Procrastination: Use the 4-day win to get your goals movingMartha Beck thinks you can get anything done if you can break it down into a 4-day action plan.
Continue reading...Using the Hedonic Treadmill To Be More Productive [link]
Monday, January 14, 2008
Using the Hedonic Treadmill To Be More Productive Our happiness stays in pretty much the same place regardless of what happens to us in life, so quit procrastinating because it’s not going to make you any happier.
Continue reading...Less, Part 1: Time
Friday, January 11, 2008
I have been pondering my goals for this year in the past few weeks, and I have come up with one common thread: Less. How is less a goal, you might ask? Well, I think if I can retrain my habits to keep less in mind, I can actually get more of the things that [...]
Continue reading...Let’s (Not) Make Goals in 2008
Friday, January 4, 2008
We are now into the third January of my business, which will mark the third year in a row that I did not sit down to establish business goals. I will tell you exactly why: I am a big giant chicken. (Cluck! Cluck!) In my perfectionist brain, I just tell myself that if I don’t [...]
Continue reading...Mentally Stuck? 5 Tips to Melt that Brainfreeze
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Everyone has those brain fart moments, when you need to complete something but your mind is just drawing a blank. To help you through those times, I’ve come up with this list of ideas for getting unstuck:
Continue reading...Entrepreneurial Time Management and Discipline
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
As we near the end of 2007, it’s time to start making those goals for yourself and your business for 2008. After studying all the entrepreneurs I have come into contact with over the past year, both at StartupNation and in my marketing/webdev business, I have come to realize that success as a solopreneur is [...]
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- Behavioral Marketing
- Boosting PageRank and Traffic
- Copywriting
- Crucial Business Colleagues
- Going Green
- Hiring the Best People
- Making your Business Stand Out
- Marketing on Craigslist
- Writing for the Web
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Rob May reflects on the experiences and lessons learned from blogging over the years.How to Use Twitter – Tips for Bloggers
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Martha Beck thinks you can get anything done if you can break it down into a 4-day action plan.Ten Laws for Better E-mail
E-mail netiquette is often forgotten in the business world, and it can lead to a lot of trouble. Here’s a reminder on the dos and don’ts.How to Get 1,100 Subscribers in Five Days
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