The importance of keeping your mind sharp cannot be overstated. We’re all part of a fantastic intellectual and information economy, which thrives on ideas, creativity and intelligence. Keeping your mind sharp is sure to give you the edge over the competition, and more importantly lead to your own higher levels of happiness. […]
Active people use the Internet to express themselves and learn about their world…passive people watch TV.
Active people strategize their life plans and work to accomplish their goals…passive people wait for a miracle.
Active people cook their dinner fresh…passive people microwave something frozen.
Active people walk around a new city they are exploring…passive people take cabs.
Active people spend […]
I’m probably in the minority of people on this planet. I find work pleasurable. It’s interesting, it’s compelling, it’s challenging. I also have the kind of job where there are not necessarily right or wrong ways of doing something, and the kind where multiple roads can take you to success.
But I also […]
In marketing projects and in life overall, gaining momentum is vital to accomplishing any complex task. I’ve previously written on overcoming procrastination. The next important step to accomplishing your goals is building and sustaining momentum.
Why is momentum desired, and so important?
It inspires you to work harder and better
It will grow your passion […]
Wired is running a neat story about Zach Coelius, CEO of Triggit, another Web 2.0 startup that helps bloggers easily add pictures, video and ads.
I haven’t had a chance to try out the service, but that’s not what’s cool here. The real story is how he got in with the right people in Silicon Valley […]
Procrastination is something many people suffer from daily. Fortunately, it’s also something that is purely mind over matter to overcome.
Typical procrastination excuses we tell ourselves
I’ll do this tomorrow, there’s not enough time to do this today.
I work better under pressure, I’ll wait until it’s almost due and then the work will be even better.
This […]
I’m a fan of continued education after college, and enjoy lectures on not only marketing and business, but also motivation and inspiration. Here are two particularly compelling videos that are extremely impactful:
1) Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch, who is dying from pancreatic cancer, gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, […]
Creativity can strike randomly. Sometimes, we find an overabundance of it. Other times, we can go for weeks, even months stuck on a project and unable to move forward to something new. But sometimes you can help give it a nudge…
When I’m not doing marketing or web stuff, I’m writing music. I was pondering […]
As someone who spends a majority of life writing, I have started to notice something especially interesting. Writing itself has a rhythm. When you read a sentence, it should flow naturally off the page into your mind. It should also communicate succinctly.
Our speech is instilled with a natural rhythm, probably because we spend so […]
