Month: August 2010

  • Studies in contrast

    Studies in contrast Have you ever gone grape picking? It’s an interesting experience – you look for ripe grapes and pick them. Sounds simple, but if you’ve ever gone picking, you know the danger of diminishing contrasts. Here’s what I mean: pick the ripest grapes off of the vine. Keep looking at the vine and…

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  • Social rain part 2

    Social rain part 2 In the last post, we talked about how rain is formed, and why your sales and marketing efforts are like the formation of rain. As long as you’re bumping into other water droplets, you’ll eventually make rain… unless there isn’t enough water in the air. Then what? You have three choices:…

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  • Repairs completed!

    Many thanks – no, HUGE thanks – to someone for repairing the home base here with a fresh install and leaving my old hosting company, which has had huge security issues for its shared hosting service. Big thanks also to everyone who noted that the blog was having some serious issues over the last week.…

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  • Social rain, part 1

    Ever stop to think about rain and how it works? Probably not until you’re in a drought and wondering where the rain is. Here’s the short version: rain is water. It evaporates from the ground. The tiniest little drops of water in the air float around and by chance bump into each other. Every time…

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  • Apprenticeship, little things, and formulae for success

    In old Japan, it was fairly common for a young person in the tradesman class to be apprenticed to a master. Whether it was blacksmithing, cooking, or any tradeskill, apprenticeship was just about the only way to get an education. What’s interesting about old Japanese apprenticeships was the duration and work asked of the apprentice.…

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  • Other places I write

    It’s useful from time to time to remind people where else you participate. For those who believe that I provide additional value to your work or your life, thank you. There’s more than just what’s here on my blog, though certainly this is the place I like to call home. Here are other places I…

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  • Reminders of past successes to power your future

    Ever had a day when you felt off, when you weren’t accomplishing what you needed to accomplish, or worse, felt as though you didn’t have the ability or capability to accomplish? Those days can be the toughest to overcome because you’re effectively working against yourself. Part of you is at war with another part of…

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