30 Day Plan

Sure you’ve heard it – plan your work and work your plan.   Consider this tidbit.  What if you could look at your plan AFTER the expiration date and find out what went wrong (or right)?  Well, duh! Of course you could. How many of us actually do that?  My guess — the ones who…

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Tweet Up Grand Rapids

A tweet up is a wonderful thing. I learn so much! Tonight I met with @kellywissink and we talked non-stop for 2 hours! Kelly works from home (www.network-marketing-today-and-beyond.com for her blog), homeschools her 3 children and has a husband that is really into squidoo! We talked a lot about social media – what works for us,…

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Be Irrational

Let’s talk about irrational customers, or possible irrational customers. Seth Godin blogs everyday and his blog Tuesday talks about the irrational customer.  Seth prefers that his readers not leave comments, but take his idea and expand it on their own blogs.   You can have the greatest product in the world.  That product would be…

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John Meadows, Podcaster

John Meadows is a podcaster from Toronto. I met him through our mutual friend Keith Burtis. He has a live podcast show called On The Log. I had the honor of being interviewed for Episode 51.  You can find John on twitter at @johnmeadows.   You can also find John this weekend at Podcamp Toronto.  Here’s…

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Ayn Rand for a Sunday

In the name of the best within you, do not sacrifice this world to those who are its worst.  In the name of the values that keep you alive, do not let your vision of man be distorted by the ugly, the cowardly, the mindless in those who have never achieved his title.  Do not…

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Now What?

I’ve reached the end of the rope. I need some advice. Now what? Where do YOU go when you can’t stand where you’re at any longer? What do YOU read to get going – to keep going after that dream? What do YOU do to get it together and get over yourself? picture by emdot…

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Life as a Theme

See a theme? Movies I Really Like: Breakfast Club – high school kids from all different social strata on detention.  They find out they have more in common than they thought.  Took a little conversation to make that realization happen. Little Big Man – Jack Crabb is 100 years old.  He tells his story: captured…

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Dream Board

My friend sent me a card with this quote from Carol Shields on it: Go for long walks indulge in hot baths question your assumptions be kind to yourself live for the moment loosen up scream curse the world count your blessings just let go let be. I have it on my dream board.  …

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Comfort Zones

I have a cat that sits in the bathtub.  Stutzbearcat likes the bathtub.  Can’t find him?  He’s in the tub.  No water – just chillin’ out in the bathtub.  That’s his comfort zone.  When he was a baby, he’d come into the bathroom and my husband, the bathtub guy,would rub him.  Now Stutz waits for…

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What I’ve Learned About Social Media

What I’ve Learned About Social Media Determine what Web 2.0 means.  Let’s back up – Web 1.0 was basically providing information for your reader.  Bump that up and what do you have?  Having a conversation with your reader!  Do you do that?  Does your blog and/or website make the reader feel he/she has input?  Or…

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