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Chris Guillebeau made a home-run post on his Art of Non-Conformity blog today. Here’s a taste…
Sorry I was rude to you the other day, someone said. I’ve just been so busy.
Guess what: we’re all busy!
Every one of us. It’s not a very exclusive club.
And here’s another reality check…
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If you’re a fan of GTD, I highly recommend OmniFocus; it’s fairly straightforward and of all the “GTD” software I have tried this is hands-down the best. And believe me, I have tried them all. OmniFocus runs on my Macbook Pro and my iPhone, so I have my lists with me at all times.
If OmniFocus [...]
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The Story: Everyone seems obsessed with “time management”, but there is no such thing.
You can’t “manage” time.
The Point: To get past the feeling of overwhelm, you need to overcome procrastination and manage your activities.
Doing so will clear up “space” in your day to get things done.
The Resource: Sedona Method
5 Ways To Feel More In Control [...]
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Recently I was interviewed by one of my copywriting buddies.
His name is Ben Settle, and if you don’t know about Ben you should. He has one of the best copwriting blogs on the ‘net.
Anyway, the interview was supposed to be a one-hour interview. It ended up being well over 2 hours.
After listening to the finished [...]
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Odds and ends I picked up during some random holiday-weekend web surfing…
From Kottke: "Perhaps the way to true personal acheivement and happiness is through lying to yourself instead of being honest, loafing instead of practicing, and purposely forgetting information."
FreshBooks: "an online invoicing and time tracking service that saves you time and makes you look professional [...]
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In the past, I have scoffed at the idea of affirmations. You know, “I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and gosh darn it, people like me.” That sort of thing.
I don’t feel that way anymore, because I have realized every human being on the planet practices affirmations. It’s simply that most of us do it [...]
I’m not usually a fan of “what if” questions. That’s because most of the time, those words (”what if…”) usually precede negative prophecy about something. Negative prophecies like, “What if nobody comes to our new store? What if nobody likes the new product? What if none of our salespeople makes a sale today?” Those are [...]
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I ordered a sandwich this past week at McDonald’s, from the drive-through window.
After pulling out of the drive-through lane, I discovered that my sandwich was cold. The bacon was uncooked. I circled back through the drive-through lane, and explained my dilemma to the young lady at the window. She distractedly held out her hand, reaching [...]
Things got all stirred up here in Ray-land this past week, what with my post about the “gurus”. In today’s podcast I talk about what that was really all about…
As always, if you have feedback or suggestions I’d really like to hear from you.
Call in your questions or comments to our new, fancy “request line” [...]
I got a royalty check from a client in my mailbox. That always makes me smile.
And as I was looking at that check, it made me think about how much fun this particular client is to work with — and I was reminded that I had an audio interview with this guy somewhere in [...]
Wow, I got a lot of feedback on my last podcast about thinking bigger. And not all of it was positive.
So in today’s podcast, I address some of the biggest questions that keep cropping up.
Two main topics today:
1. A tool to help you breakthrough to bigger thinking.
2. A way to overcome your biggest limitation (it’s [...]
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