Category: Links of Interest
The Blogsmith looks at 52 weeks of Reading
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No secret, I read a bunch and I’m planning on reading a bunch more. Unless something huge changes in the next few days, I’m at 82 books for the year which is the most I’ve read since I started tracking. I’m not the only big reader, and I’m not the only person that writes about…
Whining says more about you than the target of your complaining
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Note this when you’re complaining. You’re saying way more about yourself to everyone around you. Saying negative, divisive, personal things about ANYone is generally pretty petty and pointless, though, and tends to be more telling about the person spouting the hate than the subject of said hate. – Searching for Balance
A Goal Without a System is Just a Dream
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From Shawn Blanc on Two Goal-Setting Camps. A goal without a system is just a dream. Something you’d love to see happen but which you’re not taking any meaningful action toward. And a system without a goal is just a rote discipline that’s not taking you anywhere in particular. I’m not sure which of Shawn’s…
Don’t Buy Distractions
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From You Are Buying Distractions, Your Productivity is Making a Loss We need to make a space for thoughts by de-cluttering our space and working area. Removing all extras and distracting elements. Let it be your cell phone if that’s the case. Not forever but for the time being, you are set to perform a…
You’re way too scheduled to think
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Stop, Take a Break, And Just Think. Mental breaks increase productivity, replenish attention, solidify memories and encourage creativity. The first thing I put in a new notebook on reading, is what I hope to get out of the reading I’ll catalogue in the book. What topics do I feel I need to cover?How deeply should…
Recap of 2017 & Thanks for All The Fish
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Welcome to the last Smart Business Show episode of 2017. Thanks for all the fish. I’ll be taking at least two weeks off so no podcast next week and no podcast in the first week of January. During that time I’ll be doing a few things. hanging out with my kids and wife spending an…
I don’t want you to have a 6-figure income
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I want to be clear, I say I want to help you build a 6-figure business not because the 6-figures is what’s important. I don’t care about the dollars you earn, I care about the parent and husband and wife you can be. I want you to have a business that allows you to hang…
Sure blogging is great, but I need some tips to get started
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It’s no secret that I write, and write a bunch. I’m going to end 2017 with around 215k words published in some fashion. Some of them are scripts that got turned into videos. Some of it turned into three different books. But most of it was given away free on my site. Over the years…
Is your Mind Fertile Soil?
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We’re getting closer to the end of the year, what are the things you struggled with this year? What is your plan for 2018 to fill those gaps? In this show we’ll talk about: The best books of 2016 I just released A quote from a friend’s new book The Success Grower The question about…
How do I score my 12 week year?
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How do I score my 12 week year? That is the question from Youtube. This is one place I’m still a bit rocky on. I don’t do a bunch of scoring and really need to dig back into the book to figure out how to score properly. Here are the 4 questions I ask myself…
