Monthly Archives: September 2011

Success Key: Seducing Lady Luck into Smiling at You

Lady Luck is a fickle mistress. Some days she loves you, and some days she treats you like she just caught you knocking boots with her best friend in the broom closet. Most days though, she just ignores you. This … Continue reading

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Demystifying the Speaking Business

Check out the All-New Speaking School– Focusing on Presentation Skills AND Business! Are you interested in building a speaking business, and/or you want to improve your presentation skills, AND you enjoy attending live events where you can do a lot of work … Continue reading

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Throw Everything Away and Start All Over

Sometimes the things you think make you successful may be the very things that are actually holding you back. Crazy? Maybe. But that doesn’t mean it’s not true. I was reminded of this idea after watching a video of comedian … Continue reading

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Friday Web Roundup: Talent and Vendors, Harassing Debt Collectors, Suing For Lack of Sex, Losing a Gold Medal Because of a Ponytail, and Darth Vader’s Ridiculousness

  It’s Friday! Stop doing work and start checking out some fun links from around the interwebs… Talent and Vendors Here’s a post from Seth Godin’s blog about the difference between a “talent” and a “vendor.” From the post: “That’s … Continue reading

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7 Ways to Beat, Avoid, or Make the Most of Procrastination!

I just discovered that today, September 6th, is “Fight Procrastination Day.” I’ve never heard of this day before. Frankly, it sounds like something somebody came up with while they were putting off doing real work. Whatever its origin, it seems … Continue reading

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Friday Web Roundup: Laughter makes You Healthy, Irrational People Get Violent, Rich Kids Have Too Much Time and Too Little Sense, Stupid Infomercials, and Super Mario Gets a Portal Gun

It’s Friday and, knock on wood, the east coast has not been hit with an earthquake, hurricane, tornado, locust plague, or an invasion of seemingly benevolent but in fact incredibly hostile aliens (though there are still two days left in … Continue reading

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Blog Posts of Awesomeness Past

You ever one of those days when you just feel blocked, where the words won’t flow? I do. Right now. At this moment, I have nothing awesome to say… Since I recently posted a lesson I learned about being awesome, … Continue reading

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