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It’s one of those days. Maybe you have technical problems, or a project that isn’t going well, you couldn’t sleep last night, you’ve run into a writer’s block or thinker’s block or city block. Maybe you just lost a client. Or learned about a powerful new competitor. Or maybe it’s simply just a bad day. It [...]
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Focus: in personal productivity, focus is power. Or maybe I should call it concentration. Have you ever borne down on a task, locked out all distractions, and gotten more done in an hour or two than you thought you could get done in a day? I have the feeling I used to do that a [...]
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Oh dear. How would you like to be the sender whose name I’ve blocked out here? Charged, apparently, with emailing a press release to bloggers, and struggling with a technical problem, he ends up creating this blight on my inbox (and probably doesn’t even know he’s done it):
I count 11 repetitions, the same message, the same [...]
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Email: can’t live without it, but damn! Spam and spam filters, the huge volume of email. There is the temptation to declare email bankruptcy. And I have seven email addresses I check regularly. I’m still learning how to do email…
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In the beginning, multitasking seems like the way to go. It’s very satisfying to have your email open, manage IM, take a call, and have your presentation you’re working on and a memo or document too, and — why not?…
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Two of the three winners of SlideShare.net’s 2008 World’s Best Presentation contest are deeply disturbing. This one, which took first place … THIRST View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: crisis design) And this one, in third place: Zimbabwe…
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I’m happy today to not be the author of Marketing Plan Pro. Why? Because the author of the new version is John Jantsch, marketing guru, the man who built Duct Tape Marketing. Getting John on board was a big deal…
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I just logged into my iStockphoto.com account and found this picture as picture of the year on the main page. Title is “Late for the Trash,” and the photographer is Trent Bell. I don’t know what presentation I’ll use it…
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Jing’s an interesting example of keeping it simple. Do one thing well, no frills necessary. John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing tipped me off (thanks John) with a recent post. I picked it up quickly and did the quick mini…
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