Every year, people sort of hum Auld Lang Syne as the ball drops. Every year, you don’t have to. Instead, read the lyrics and watch this video. Music and lyrics by NoPrivacy on YouTube: Just the lyrics, courtesy of MaverickNY in the comments: Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind? Should auld…
Phoning it in has become a popular pejorative among the blogging and social crowd. It’s considered the epitome of laziness, the pinnacle of apathy, and it’s something that you want to avoid as much as possible, right? Except… we’re human. Some days we simply don’t have enough A-game in the tank. Some days we simply…
Both Chris Brogan and I have exhorted you recently to make the most of this quietest week of the year when everyone else has checked out. Here’s the corollary to those bold statements. If you’re looking at starting something new or adding to your team for 2011, if you’re looking to hire, grow, or otherwise…
You should be a liar online. No, scratch that, you MUST be a liar online if you have more than 232.86 friends/followers/fans in social media. I lie all the time online. Flat out lies, deception, incorrect information, omission – you name it, I do it. I lie about where I live, about my birthday, about…
Around this time of year, people start cranking out lists of resolutions, things that they want to to accomplish in the next year. Sometimes they’re business wishes, other times they’re personal wishes. Most don’t survive the first few weeks of the new year because habits, for good or ill, are exceptionally difficult to break. Take…
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The period between December 25 and January 1 is generally considered to be a giant black hole of productivity. Everyone’s off. Everyone’s away. No calls are being returned, no emails answered. Business to business folks have basically given up, and consumers are out scouring for after-Christmas shopping deals, not answering your summons to commerce unless you’re…
One of the mistakes we simple human beings do is try to see things in a binary fashion. Something is or isn’t. Believer or non-believer. Black or white. Republican or Democrat. Rich or poor. One of the areas which can be deadliest to our well-being and personal power is seeing attributes of ourselves in the…
Are you attracted to the idea of having at least one other source of income? Are you wondering how to get started with affiliate marketing? Lots has been written on the subject by nearly every Internet marketer out there. Affiliate marketing, if you’re unfamiliar with the topic, is pure commission-based sales. You sign up for…
I send out a personal newsletter on a reasonably regular basis containing stuff you’ve almost always already seen. Why do I do that? One simple reason: it’s about throwing mattresses. Some of you get the most value from me on Twitter. When I fling very small, 140 character mattresses at your head, they go in…
