Month: March 2018
@shawnblanc on Free Agents Podcast
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I’ve worked with Shawn on his sites for a while and even before that I was a fan of his writing. He was just on the Free Agents Show and the thing that stuck out to me was his work and rest routine. He talked more about how it happens week in week out. Specifically…
Pick blog ideas like cheese
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Once a week, usually Saturdays, I look through the list and pick two or three notes with the same strategy used when buying cheese: pick something interesting and different but not too smelly or old. – My Blogging Workflow Yup, I laughed out loud at this sentence, and really I do the same thing in…
Paper Planners or Drowning in Apps?
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I use a paper planner for my personal needs. There is no digital tool for managing internal projects it’s all on paper. The only digital tools I use are for collaborating with clients and to manage my appointments so I don’t have to check and wrangle email. Even then, all appointments make it back into…
How to Get the “right stuff”
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You should never wait to pursue a dream or add value out of fear that you lack the “right stuff.” High Performance happens because of what you deliberately think and do on a routine basis in order to excel and serve at higher levels. – High Performance Habits I started writing WordPress tutorials as soon…
Don’t join the pity party
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Since human beings are inherently social, our brains naturally and unconsciously mimic the moods of those around us, particularly people we spend a great deal of time with. This process is called neuronal mirroring, and it’s the basis for our ability to feel empathy. The flip side, however, is that it makes complaining a lot…
Tips from 2 Brian’s on Marketing your product
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If you’re wondering how to market your product in the WordPress space the Brian’s have you covered in this podcast. In fact this stretches to any product. Marketing and positioning WordPress Products
Short Masters Level on Reaching Your Audience by @waitbutwhy
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This whole post is awesome, but if I had to pick one section to read it would be the middle where Urban talks about pinpointing where you fall in knowledge on a topic and where your reader falls. First, find yourself on the scale before digging into a complex idea. And The second person to…
It’s time to stop being bland, to stop sucking
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Your bland. Heck I’ve been bland. I’ve been watering down my content even when I’ve said that I won’t water it down anymore. Today I’m going to talk about how you stop watering down your content and why you should wear yourself out there where your customers can see it.
If You’re Overworked and Overloaded, implement a pull based system
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Work-life balance. The elusive word/idea/thing that we strive for. What does it mean to be “balanced” in work and life? Does it mean that we spend 8 hours working and 8 hours with family every day? Does it mean that we spend all our time working and then create some epic trip or event to…
Hard Challenges Provide Value, Are You Solving Hard Problems?
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Effectiveness in life does not come from focusing on what is automatic, easy, or natural for us. Rather, it is the result of how we consciously strive to meet life’s harder challenges, grow beyond our comforts, and deliberately work to overcome our biases and preferences, so that we may understand, love, serve, and lead others.…
