Month: October 2008


The Significance of Personal Publishing

The ability to self publish on the internet, where nobody controls anybody, may very well be one of the greatest milestones of the early 21st century. Anybody with access to a computer and the web can exert their full intellectual and emotional facilities to whomever chooses to listen. I must say this has got to […]

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Why Following Your Passion is a Must

Today I spent a three very agonizing hours in front of a blank screen trying to write sales copy for a website. I would start a sentence, read it three times, delete it and start over again. This went on for quite some time and I ended wasting my morning. Talk about counterproductive. This incident […]

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My First Comment Leads to More Questions

I recently got my first comment ever, and I have to admit it’s a small but significant milestone. That means at least one person is out there reading this and responding. So: thanks Tina Marshall, whoever and wherever you are. Tina left her name, some good, brief commentary and a link to a quasi-related article, […]

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How to Beat Content Gluttony

Over consumption of content is just as bad as overeating.  But instead of health problems, we run into time problems and eventually–life problems. If you spend too much time around purposeless content, your life will begin to reflect those values. There are three main types of content on the internet: information, entertainment and community (a […]

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Sunday Evening at the Keyboard

How to develop vision: first, search deep within yourself and meditate on your passions and strengths. Then, try to learn everything you can from other experts in your field. After that, beat them at their own game by doing it quantumly better and with more originality. Is it that simple? In theory, yes, I believe […]

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