It took a year to make reading more interesting than TV
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Justin writing on his site: It took me a full year to get here, but I finally realized that I’d hit my true goal of the year. The goal beneath the goal where reading was more interesting to me than lazily watching TV. I feel the same way much of the time. Also, I’ve read…
Should I Read It 039 – Finish by Jon Acuff
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Read the written review here Purchase Finish by Jon Acuff Today’s episode of Should I Read It was brought to you by my latest book The Art of Focus. The Art of Focus is going to help you think about your work in a way that lets you be focused and effective with your time.…
Making a business niche change – Live in the Feast
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Great episode of Live in the Feast talking with John Locke about his transition to SEO for manufacturing. Take note he started this over a year ago to see results. It takes time people. You will not be an overnight success.
The Distraction Free iPhone
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Jake Knapp and shutting the distraction out of his iPhone which was spurred on by an honest question from his kid. “Dad, why are you looking at your phone?” He wasn’t trying to make me feel bad or anything. He was just curious. But I didn’t have a good answer. So why was I looking…
On the future book
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Craig Mod writes in Wired that though we envisioned some futuristic multi-dimensional book that would just go deeper when we picked something to focus on, this book is not here. What we do have is books written in email newsletters. Books funded on Kickstarter. Books in audio format. Our Future Book is composed of email,…
Merry Christmas Edition: Freelance Friday 037 – Dec 21 2018
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Well it’s Christmas next week so I’ll be off for two weeks. There are a few episodes of Should I Read It scheduled already, but that’s it after today. You can see my Merry Christmas goodbye video now: In short, I’m ending The Smart Business Show after almost 250 episodes. It’s not catching so I’ll…
On the Kindle Paperwhite
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Justin Tadlock says: The second complaint I have is mostly a non-issue when you spend 99% of your time actually reading. The Kindle isn’t quite as responsive to swiping and tapping as modern cell phones and tablets. I imagine this has to do with the technology being different and geared toward the reading experience. It’s…
Planning Your Content Strategy with Sticky Notes
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Today’s video is a walk through how I went over my content and planned the types of content I’d be doing in the future. Some questions left unanswered: How do I measure success for different channels? What are the steps to success in the channels? What is my single metric that matters currently? (Probably email…
A Guidebook to Get Your Business Running Like Clockwork
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One of the biggest frustrations businesses face is feeling like they’re running all over the place and getting nowhere. This is especially true of solo business owners that are doing so much of the work. This is where Clockwork by Michael Michalowicz is here to help. Probably the biggest takeaway from the book is that…
Software Development is Not About Code
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From Mario: Software engineering is not about code. It’s about solving business problems through code deployed on top of a set of servers, running on a given operating system, interacting via the network and the like. I agree and have written about the most valuable thing you have is your ability to make decisions. If…
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