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Category Archives: business
The 5 Lies of Entrepreneurship | Remarkable Communication
If you are starting, or trying to start, your own business, you may want to read this entire article. Good stuff. I like Sonia’s approach to these issues. This series is free. I was past 40 before it occurred to … Continue reading
Cheat the 10,000 Hour Rule
Have you read about the 10,000 hour rule, that you need to spend 10,000 hours before you can be considered an expert? It may not be true. Some of you may have just recently discovered your passion. It’s burning in … Continue reading
I'm a unicorn!
Yesterday, I attended a breakfast meeting of an organization for small business owners to help each other by exchanging business leads. It’s a great idea and I’m thinking about joining. My hesitation is that it meets at 7am. I’m a … Continue reading
Die Trying
My advice for younger people for the longest time has always been, “Work your butt off.” As I get older I find myself amending it somewhat, to something more like, “Work your butt off doing something you love, something that … Continue reading
Who Gave You Permission?
Patrick Bedard wrote a magazine column that changed my life. Patrick Bedard was an automotive writer and had a column in Car and Driver for over 40 years. He also raced cars and was in the 1984 Indianapolis 500, where … Continue reading
The Key To Success is Failure
(Note: I wrote this rant after reading Seth Godin’s first “linchpin” session. It’s worth the read. ) The Problem Let me be honest with you. When I wrote my book, The Care and Feeding of Search Engines, A Simple Guide … Continue reading
Seth's Blog: Failure, success and neither
The math is magical: you can pile up lots of failures and still keep rolling, but you only need one juicy success to build a career. The killer is the category called ‘neither’. If you spend your days avoiding failure … Continue reading
Luciano Pavarotti’s Secret for Online Success
At one point in her life, my wife managed a large department in a huge corporation. If you know my wife, you know that she’s the sweetest, nicest, most generous, giving person you know. I mean, she’s really nice. It’s … Continue reading