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Some days, the world comes at me with dizzying speed and it's hard to keep up. I have a few choices: * Check out * Disengage * Attack the problems * Hand off I don't necessarily like being out of control, but I come to expect it as part of
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How many times have you reiterated how your industry, product or service works? Your familiarity with your own message may be a handicap rather than an asset in that it can cause you to oversell rather than position with thought leadership in your inbound marketing efforts. One of the greatest
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When I am on the road, I love to experience new services. It is a break and an adventure. However, when I have a lot on my mind, there is solace in franchises and brands that are consistent whether I am in Texas or New York. Restaurants, bookstores, coffee shops
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As you are working through brainstorming in Mindjet, the ideas have to turn to action at some point. Project planning in Mindjet has a different process that can be managed with a new map. Within the same Mindjet folder, have your brainstorm maps and your project planning maps. It will
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In your every day work as a knowledge worker, you are faced with two modes of conduct - making decisions and taking action. Knowing what to do is a process that is often murky when there is a lot of complexity and stress. A key way of using Mindjet in
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It's a noisy world out there. It is very difficult to stand out from the noise. Your marketing message has to connect at the right time with the right impact. One of the things that can take some time is to focus your message. It typically is an
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I have had my Mont Blanc in hand a lot lately. Most of my work is in front of a computer with keyboard. I love the productivity increases and could not run my business any other way without easy cloud computing and keyboard. Lately, I am finding joy in expressing
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I have been thinking a lot lately about focus and the relentless distractions which pull at me. Where I am putting my time and energy can mean the difference between a successful week of work. My recent road trip has me thinking about prioritizing. Here are some questions I am
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Mindjet is both a creation tool and a collaboration environment, especially within Mindjet Connect, the online version for mind mapping. I like to use mind maps to facilitate meetings and brainstorm. It helps to refine ideas and keeps everything visual. For a group, the interrelationships between ideas are clearly captured
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My friend, Brad, helped me finish this race despite the late hills. It was a motivating time to build on something. It's hard to believe this kind of pace would not even break a sweat back in my college running days. As I get older, I am learning
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Anyone can start a Facebook account. Anyone can get a website built. Anyone can go and buy an iPhone. Who cares if you can buy these things or rip off other people's technology or ideas. The hard part awaits everyone. You still have to pay the brain bill
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"The harder I work, the luckier I get." - Samuel Goldwyn I just got done running the Nashville half marathon this past weekend. Over 35K people were out there pushing themselves through the heat and hills. I can't say it was the most pleasant experience. It