How do you become the best in the world in your chosen field? Malcolm Gladwell in his new book Outliers, makes the premise that to really master a field of endeavor it takes about 10,000 hours. This w...
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Happy New Year everyone. 2008 is now a memory and for many of us a memory we would rather just forget. 2008 was a tough year for investments, real estate, job prospects, and business in general. Here ...
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I always find it helpful to read Dale Carnegies timeless book, How To Win Friends And Influence People at least once a year. I think it is especially helpful this time of year as we celebrate the holi...
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With the year winding down, and the holidays upon us, I thought I would put some thoughts together for this blog for next year. Here are three ideas that I hope to bring to fruition. 1. Development of...
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This year has been the year of pendulums. We have had oil prices skyrocket and then fall precipitously. The housing market is on the downside of a huge multi-year pendulum having shot into the stratos...
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Seth Godin is one of my favorite authors. His unique world view on business, marketing, and personal development is engaging and brilliant. Currently he is offering his new book Tribes: We Need You to...
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Seth Godin has a great post today about how, during bad times, we tend to focus on one thingwhat is bad. He suggests that our business life is like a 44 grid. We have 16 different areas of focus such ...
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Many of us work in Microsoft Windows on our jobs or at home. We open programs all day long as well as doing file maintenance. In my daily job working for a large technology department, I run into user...
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Over the last month, Ive started to put together a life long dream. This is something Ive tried many times to start, only to be overwhelmed by the size and scope of the project. Ive been well meaning ...
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I love the concept of determination. You determine where you are going and set a path to reach it. People who have determination are often very goal oriented and focused. Yet determination can often b...
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Have you ever been driving and come upon an intersection in which you didnt know which way to go? You look right and the road seems small and insignificant, yet the road to the left is fast and furiou...
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Growing up I used to have many dreams where I was flying. In the dream it was easy. I would just jump and flap my arms a few times and instantly I was flying through the air. The cool thing was I coul...
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If you work in any type of corporate environment or large educational institution that uses Microsoft Exchange E-Mail, youll be ecstatic about the new Exchange client for the iPod Touch.This $9.95 sof...
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Procrastination is one of those insidious forces that keep us from doing important tasks and accomplishing our goals. It comes in many forms, from the seductive TV show that draws you in, to the suspe...
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Procrastination is an insidious thing. It creeps up and strikes even the best of us from time to time. In fact many of us may not even realize that we are procrastinating. As you read this, for instan...
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Does the price of an item change your perceived value of it? If you price an aspirin at 50 cents will it relieve your headache better than an aspirin priced at a penny? Dan Ariely has quite a bit of r...
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In his best selling book Predictably Irrational, Dan Ariely asks a simple question, What is the cost of no cost? Dan and his team of social scientists did some experiments on a group of potential cust...
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I picked up an amazing book the other day entitled Predictably Irrational by MIT behavioral economist Dan Ariely. In this best selling hardback, Dan explores the hidden forces that shape our decisions...
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Have you ever had a dream where you could fly or glide through the air? In my dream its almost effortless. You just point where you want to go and you zoom off in that direction. Flying through the ai...
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Ever since I was a kid, I dreamed of creating an electric car. One that you could plug in and drive to work or school. One that would let you bypass the high prices for gasoline (26 cents a gallon whe...
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