Do You Schedule Time for Social Media?
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I encountered this question in a Slack channel recently: Do you schedule time for social media? The short answer is no, I don’t schedule time for social media. social media is so much more noise than marketing now social media is not good creative work social media sucks your time away from stuff you should…
Take Your Customer Service from Average to Awesome
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If you run a business, then you should know by now that customer service is one of the most – if not the most – important area to focus on. Let’s face it, if it wasn’t for the customers, you wouldn’t even exist as a business because no one would be buying from you, and all…
App addiction?
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Instagram is a photo sharing app that has over 800 million users. Its users can take a snapshot using the app camera and share it with their followers. What makes Instagram so addictive is that the app itself also has a number of filters that the users can apply to their images to make them…
You need support at home
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For you to achieve extraordinary results, the people surrounding you and your physical surroundings must support your goals. – The ONE Thing According to Shawn Achor, in The Happiness Advantage, the biggest predictor of success through hard times is the support you have around you. Achor was looking at the workplace and hard projects, but…
It’s not the algorithms that need fixing, it’s us taking control back
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So so much this from Cal Newport: We don’t need to convince YouTube to artificially constrain the effectiveness of its AutoPlay algorithm, we should instead convince users of the life-draining inanity of idly browsing YouTube. When we just let the algorithms take over for us we give away so much of our responsibility. We get…
Freelance Friday 018 – August 10 2018
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This was a busy week. I got edits in from my launch team for The Art of Focus. I started laying out the book and getting it set for print. I should have the print proof late next week. We’re totally on track to get this thing launched well. Don’t forget to keep an eye…
Should I Read It 027 – Eat That Frog by Brian Tracy
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According to Brian Tracy, if we can get up every morning and eat a big ugly frog, we can start winning at work and life. Purchase Eat That Frog on Amazon Written Review of Eat That Frog If you’ve been struggling with focus, then my next book The Art of Focus is for you. In…
Do You Have What It Takes To Be A True Business Leader?
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When you’re a business owner, you’re probably going to need to wear a lot of different hats. You’re going to need to be the one who can see the big picture, the one who is aware of the financial side of things, as well as the one responsible for the direction of the company as…
I’m 24 Years Old, What is the right job?
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I get why people wonder what type of job they should be having at any stage in life. Are you ready to be a CEO, not at 24, but how do you position yourself properly to win well later in life? There are some advantages to working for someone else. learning on their dime don’t…
DHH on startup workaholics
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Please read the whole piece but a few highlights for me. It’s not hard to understand why such a mythology serves the interest of money men who spread their bets wide and only succeed when unicorns emerge. Of course they’re going to desire fairytale sacrifices. There’s little to no consequence to them if the many…
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