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Passwords…

I am thoroughly enjoying Gina Trapani’s book “Upgrade your Life“. Here’s a sample of the great content from the book… “You don’t need to remember 100 passwords if you have 1 rule set for generating them. One way to generate unique passwords is to choose a base password and then apply a rule that mashes [...]

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Do you commute?

“Commuting doesn’t have to be the hellish experience it has been made out to be. You can learn a lot while commuting. I used to despise jumping on the train or taking the bus, but not anymore. I have everything set-up for my commuting adventures. I always have a book ready, or my iPod loaded [...]

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The Working Inbox

“Today, I was firing off a couple of emails when I noticed that the message count in the top corner said, “483 Messages”! I decided enough was enough and began doing some more research into managing my inbox. I checked up on lifehacker.com, 43folders.com, and a few others to see what was going on. One [...]

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What Clients Want: 4 Keys To Every Working Relationship

“Over the years, I’ve asked my clients variations on the question, ‘What do you think makes for an effective consulting relationship?’ As you’d expect, the answers are all over the map, and there’s no real science to my approach either. But some key points come up over and over, regardless of industry, project type, or [...]

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Managing tasks the Google way…

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How Apple and Google Dominate

Image via CrunchBase “Last week, I promised to discuss another source of advantage in decay. We’re going to zoom out instead, in response to a flurry of announcements from Apple, Google, and would-be competitors – to have a richer discussion in the weeks going forward. It’s funny how flatfooted – how almost inept – everyone [...]

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Google Apps For Education

“Google Apps is free for schools. It allows students and teachers to create documents(Word, Excel, PowerPoint), share calendars, chat and more for free on-line. It is an excellent tool to provide elearning. ‘Frantic troubleshooting by an overworked staff versus someone else fixing problems smoothly. A sliver of server space per person versus a five-gigabyte chunk. [...]

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Home bases and outposts…

Darren Rowse of ProBlogger has been reading my mail. Or attending my seminars. Or both. Seriously, he does a great job in this video of explaining some of the tactics that I use to drive traffic to my blog…

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Are you awakened or just an entrepreneur? | Duct Tape Marketing Blog

Here’s some great news… “My friend Michael Gerber is at it again, Awakening another generation of entrepreneurs and showing people how to dream intentionally. His latest book, Awakening the Entrepreneur Within is shipping this week and is a high level overview of his Dreaming Room experiences. Companies that embrace the method and practices contained in [...]

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12 Ways to Keep Your Business Relationships Alive

Image via CrunchBase “Every businessperson leads a busy life. There are marketing meetings to attend, RFPs to reply to, and client projects to finish. With so much work demanding so much attention, many of us never make the time to keep our business relationships alive, and wish we did: ‘What does he do again?’ ‘Does [...]

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