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Three Self-Sabotage Mantras That You Need To Quit. Now.

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We shoot ourselves in the foot with alarming regularity. There isn’t a day that goes by, especially on the internet, where I don’t hear someone listing out a litany of reasons why they aren’t reaching their potential, or why they haven’t pursued their dream career, or written the book, or Read more »

7 Reasons your Social Media is Stagnant (and How to Fix It)

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Social media fatigue, social media frustration, “this is all a waste of time”, “we’re not getting anywhere”, you’ve heard it all. For some reason, we’re smack in the middle of the evolution curve when the luster has worn off piling on every network like so many dogs on on a Read more »

Stop Shipping

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Some of you have noticed that I’m no longer on the sidebar of this blog — but I haven’t gone away. I’ll be back from time to time as a guest author, and often as a reader. Why the change? Well, I followed my own advice, offered here: Stop shipping. Read more »

My Single Most Powerful Productivity Trick

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You could circle the world at least dozen times just by stringing together all the words that have been written about productivity. In particular, managing information overload in a social and new media era is a topic that never ceases to draw the masses. There isn’t a day that passes Read more »

The New Normal of Work Includes Social Media

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Read enough about productivity on the internet – especially in social media circles – and you’ll undoubtedly find counsel to cut down on “distractions” like Facebook and Twitter, or to stem content creation in favor of doing the “real work”. The Real Work Thing Ostensibly, this Real Work of which Read more »

How I Pwn* My Inbox At All Times

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My inbox might get crowded on occasion, but it never stays that way. Currently, I have 34 emails in my inbox, all of which are relevant. I get several hundred emails per day, but I’m in control of my email, and I promised someone I’d share my approach. Maybe you’ll Read more »

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