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Well isn’t this just a lovely, contemplative book trailer for a Monday morning? (If you can’t see the video, click here.) Inspiring. Right? And lovely. Right? So let’s grab our TOMS shoes from the closet and add this book to our wishlists. I’ve just added it to mine. Mmm. There’s nothing like I-was-just-introduced-to-a-new-book smell to [...]

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Focus! I need some.

August 24, 2011

So today happened. Err, it is happening. It’s been one of those days where I woke up energized to do big things, to really move the needle, but I’m so motivated that I don’t have a focus. You know what I mean? You do know what I mean, right? (Click here if you can’t see [...]

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I spent several hours this morning catching my breath after returning from our nine days in beautiful Minnesota lake country. I caught up on the emails, blog posts, and voicemails that I wasn’t able to quickly filter via my phone while I was away from home. In doing so, I ended up making a massive [...]

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Grant video - Find your focus

Yesterday I talked about a talk about trying something new for 30 days. What was that, Annie? Sorry. Self-editing. TED Talks video: Try something new for 30 days I promised not only to share with you what ideas I decide to implement for a fun-filled 30 days (still workin’ on it), but a friend of [...]

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This is an incredibly lighthearted, casual video from an engineer at Google named Matt Cutts, but well worth the 3 minutes: An extremely simple, unoriginal message – not unlike practically all personal development messages – yet thought-provoking, don’t you think? What shall we try? What shall we do! Our options are endless. This is gonna [...]

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I was washing a few dishes the other night when, out of the blue, that “Never Lose Your Sense of Wonder” song popped into my head. Or the “I Hope You Dance” song, whatever you want to call it. Know which one I’m talking about? I wish I knew why certain songs chose certain moments [...]

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I was talking with a friend this morning about networking online. Specifically, how there is such a fine line between wasting time on social media and making productive use of social media. It’s a balance between entertainment and fun, and meaningful and useful. I shot a quick video last summer about one of the areas [...]

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Every week, Feature Friday will highlight something…cool. It might be a person, it might be a business. It could be a new product, a new site, a new book, a new idea. There are so many amazing people and stories out there that deserve more attention. Attention from all of you, my five, lovely readers. [...]

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