Effortlessness
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I had a pretty good idea of how Noah felt hovering over the lip of the gully. Having been in similar situations at nearly the same age, I understood that he just didn’t want to be scared, didn’t want to feel all that tension in his body, no matter what the payoff might be. He
My Essential Analogue Tools
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As computer workers, of course many of our tools are digital. We look at digital task lists and project management systems. We put all our notes in a digital file cabinet. We often eschew pens and paper because they just aren’t cool and new enough. We don’t evaluate their true efficacy in our lives because
If more people know me I have more impact..right?
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Are you making an impact? Is the work you do, or the content you produce, or the life you live impacting others in a net positive way? That is the thing we’re all striving for isn’t it? A life that has meaning, one that changes the world. The difference for many of us is how
Teaching Client Skills
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When it comes to hiring, soft skills are hard, yet when you’re bringing on a new employee, these are the skills you should be hiring for. An employee who is great at relating to clients is the person everyone wants to get their hands on and this should be on your ideal employee profile. What
Your Plan to Learn Anything
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Can you learn..anything? I think you can if you first care enough then put a strategy in place to gain the skills you want to gain. Here are the steps I take when I want to learn something new.
Are you just going for the easy answers?
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When you get questions from clients or customers, do you often default to the answers you’ve used before? I know I have, because it’s easy. A client comes to me and wants a store. They have a few things like books, plus a bit of content that is only available to purchasers. My first thought
QuickMailer: Send only email
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If you’re one of those who complains about email, you need to understand that email doesn’t suck — it’s the way you use it that’s less than optimal. That thing where you have one email to send, and then get sidetracked by all those incoming messages — that’s what sucks. Yeah, I could talk about
Why do we default to fast?
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Why must everything be fast? Why are we looking for continual shortcuts around being in the moment? Do things taste better if you take more time to make them? Speed coffee Making a pot of coffee is a relatively simple process. You grind beans and pour them in the filter. You put water in the
Reviewing Alternote – Distraction-free markdown with Evernote?
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A while ago I talked about how Evernote took over my life, and in that post I talked about Blogo which was pretty cool but had a few holes in it. I dropped Blogo and will cover my specific frustrations with it in a future post. I actually stopped using Evernote for my writing workflow
Minding your Gaps
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Do you know why you price the way you do? Do you know why you run projects that way? Don’t let those holes stick around in your business. Put the time in to figure them out.
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