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In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. ~ Yogi Berra We have never lived in such a time as we do today where there is no end to information being put out into the world. It's overwhelming and daunting for sure. One
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Have you seen people that are simply too rich? I actually think we are too rich as a society overall. We have the ability to solve so many problems, much larger than we are attacking, for sure. But we are comfortable, complacent and unmotivated. Simply watch people's behaviors,
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Shane Snow's Smartcuts is an excellent read to get you off your mundane thinking tracks and moving laterally towards results. The insights from case studies of those hackers that have skipped the line and percolated up inspire and inform those that want to figure out how to get
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The labor it used to take to simply set something up is lost on this next generation. I can tell my kids don't relate to the pain I try vainly to communicate when it comes to how hard it was to set up websites, IT systems and even
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Making lots of tiny choices depletes one's subsequent self-control. ~ Shane Snow, Smartcuts I get worn out during a workday simply from death by a thousand cuts. Those thousand cuts take the form of the myriad decisions I am confronted with relentlessly. What do I eat? What do I
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At some point, the effort and cost are not worth it anymore. The Law of Diminishing Returns kicks in when building a business or even building a life. More investment of your time, money and attention may initially have high returns, but then at some point, the rewards taper. Will
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While I shared my thoughts about most things being a No in our working reality, there are plenty of people and opportunities to say Yes to. The key is to eliminate the noise and keep a self-discipline in allowing people into your life and business that drain you emotionally, financially
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It really is enticing to buy into some fad, secret sauce or crowd hype especially when it comes to deal making and opportunities. It feels secure to do the "right things" and rely on determinism. That kind of thinking may have been true before the floodgates of access
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We live in a world of too many options, not too little. Solving your business problems is less about innovating and developing something new, and it is much more about putting together the pieces that are available in our democratized tech and knowledge world. Consider all the options you have
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I'm glad I get to do business in the connected economy rather than times past such as the industrial age. You can make your ideas happen so quickly without a ton of gatekeepers that had to give you access and permission to create, distribute or sell something. If
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There's a viral article at Medium, This Morning Routine will Save You 20+ Hours Per Week. The overall thought is that our workdays are antiquated. Where you work, how long you labor, and the fact that your energy levels approach diminishing returns are valid constraints to take into
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I don't think too highly of simply working harder at something, especially if you are pointed in the wrong direction. It's easy to turn off the brain and keep charging at what we are doing. The awareness to look up and think about where you are