Raisin Hell, Nice People, Free Stuff and More: Wordful Wednesday

Welcome to the real Wordful Wednesday, not the 29,000 other Wordful Wednesdays you’ll find on Google.

With that said, let’s start with this:

…given the existence of Twitter, would you start a blog that pointed out interesting things on the internet? The time for a blog pointing out interesting things on the internet has clearly passed.”

A fair observation, but not entirely true. Twitter and other social media platforms may be the modern day nexus for interesting things, but there’s no efficient way to gather and publish this information to a focused audience. Blogs have the advantage here.

Hint: harvest good links from Twitter to republish on your blog. Just don’t turn into this.

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Frustrated? Revisit ‘The Dip’

The Dip, by Seth Godin: an excellent read

The Dip, by Seth Godin: an excellent read

Today I was feeling frustrated and restless with the general state of things and spontaneously snatched Seth Godin’s “The Dip” from my bookshelf.

Since I spend most of my day sitting down, I (re)read the book both standing up and laying down on my office floor. It was a refreshing change in perspective.

You can read “The Dip” in less than an hour and I recommend you do when you start to feel like giving up on whatever it is you’re putting most of your energy into.

The basic idea of The Dip is that in order to become the best in the world at something, you must endure a period of intense–call it maddening–struggle. [Read more...]