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Productivity

Is the Internet making us stupid?
This is the question Michael Brown asks in his recent article about Nicholas Carr’s new book, The Shallows.
My take:
The Internet (and the portability of technology in general) is making us more distracted than ever. When it’s harder to focus, your ability to maintain a single line of thought is extremely [...]




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If you’ve been a reader for any length of time, you know that my blog here is the “main course,” so to speak.
In other words, this is where I share a lot of my controversial ideas, as well as tips, strategies, and techniques for writing sales copy, getting traffic, and growing business.
Now, I even have [...]




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Bad news today. Social media is not the panacea the media has made it out to be. In fact, in many cases, it can do more harm than good.
So while I do like social media and get new blog readers from it, please allow me to share the three most common hazards of social media.
Hazard [...]




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Spinning Plates

by Ryan M. Healy

in Business, Productivity

Ever see a picture of a performer spinning plates on sticks? I don’t think I’ve ever seen it done in person, but I’ve seen pictures of it similar to this one:

As an entrepreneur and service provider, I feel like plate spinning is a good metaphor for my life.
There are always lots of plates in the [...]




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In high school, I joined the newspaper staff as soon as they would let me, and I took all the honors English classes I could. I was in love with reading and writing — I couldn’t get enough of it.
In honors English we would read a book every two weeks (usually a classic), then write [...]




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