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There are two types of people in the world: Those that make things happen and those that wait for something to happen. My observation is the vast majority of people are in the latter group. They get asked to do things all the time and then they react. They are
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The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. ~ Proverbs 22:3 I can understand how hard it is to change. You get used to a way of doing things, and the familiar becomes comforting. It's a form of security. I
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Those are two entirely different things, hard and impossible. And we can talk ourselves into them being the same thing if we are not careful. Hard is part of reality. It's hard to change course, leave your dead end job, shut down a dying concept and go for
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As of this reading there are over 1.5 million apps in the App store. It's a pretty impressive number and is a testament to the power of democratizing platforms, programming and devices for the masses. It used to be hard to make a computer program. Now it&
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I tend to gravitate towards minimalism and essentialism. What matters and what is superfluous is our modern battle with so many choices within reach. I liked how the Buffer team made their decision to ditch the office recently. It's worth a read to inspire you to look around
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I just did a search on LinkedIn for "Web Designer" and there are 447,028 people that come up as a result. Search for something else, "attorney" (815K), "software programmer" (328K), or even "manager" (44 million) and you see quickly that whatever
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Sometimes I think that we are all in an asylum. The amount of attention that is pulled from us to read, reply and do things easily fatigues our senses. All those decisions and urgencies have to be dealt with because we are part of information exchange, deal making and project
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I can totally understand that hunger and striving for ultimate security. It's a scary feeling to feel like the ground under you is not stable. When you lie awake at night, you might wonder if you really are secure in your job or with your business. And it&
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Anyone that knows me sees that I move to action quickly. I value action immensely compared to talking because you can squash any intellectualism that is wasteful and see what actually works in reality. But the hard part of this approach is that you have to be comfortable with starting
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I have written about how you have to think clearly about what kind of business you want - popularity or substance - when it comes to revenue. If you are not clear on what you are after, then you get a random hodge podge of results in building your business.
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I think business can get frustrating for a lot of people because they have this illusion that there is some magic place where there are no problems. Yet reality bears out that noone enjoys this fantasy. It doesn't exist. The nature of business is that there are always
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Determination can be a wonderful way to get things done. The work to push and change reality from where it is to what we want takes a lot of initiative and energy. And a laser focused mindset can move us towards goals we may otherwise not achieve. Whether you are