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I like to start my days working my ongoing Gmail Task list. The best way to complete a project is to simply delete it, forget about it and move on. So, the first thing I do is eliminate tasks and projects that may have originated with sincere intentions but lack
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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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Losers have goals. Winners have systems. ~ Tim Ferriss We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ~ Aristotle The last thing you need is more goals. A lot of talk about going after the next thing for yourself will assuredly come out in this
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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
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Peter Drucker said it best when it comes to the work we do today, "In knowledge work, the task is not given. It has to be determined." We are in a world where there is a lot of information flying around. Sometimes, we are being social. Other times
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The business cycle with holidays, end of year and bookkeeping is an opportunity for you if you can relax and take advantage of the natural down time. Trying to force fit activities that are likely a better fit in the up times will only lead to frustration, and perhaps disfavor,
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"The more you like to play, the more self-disciplined you should be." ~ Robert Ringer I like to play. Maybe work is your life. Not me. My work building businesses and growing ventures is a lot of fun and fulfilling, but ultimately, I play as much as anyone I
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The illusion we have today in the marketplace is the buffet trap. We see everything that is available to us. This includes apps, freemium software, business ideas, low-cost labor and new growth hacking strategies. It's all available and cheaper and more accessible than ever. But if we gorge
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If you are in continual chaos, why? Do you simply accept reality as one giant mess? Week after week is simply reactive and full of open loops? Yes, business can be overwhelming in our connected economy. We can all create work for each other rather quickly. However, when you think
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If you are a business owner or manager, you have the ongoing challenge of solving daily problems with your team. Inevitably, people will bring problems to you. And how you handle those requests becomes a signal to the people on your team of what to expect. What you communicate will
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Lunch was the way business got done. But it's not the way of the world these days in a connected economy. A few reasons people don't want to meet you: * It's going to take 3 hours. Maybe an hour lunch, but fighting traffic, getting
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Sure, you can be an overnight success. You just have to: * Show up every day consistently * Refine, refine, refine * Push your ideas to the limit * Take calculated risks * Discard what doesn't work * Ignore the naysayers * Never give up It may take 5 years or 10 years to become