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damaging your adventurous spirit with a secure future

12 July 2010

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So many people live within un-happy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism , all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a [...]

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Manage your online reputation

29 June 2010

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For older entrepreneurs, the vastness of the Internet may seem daunting, and rightfully so. Since almost anybody can disseminate anything to an audience, monitoring your online reputation is more important than ever. Online reputation management means keeping close watch of public commentary and opinion regarding your product, services and brand. Mitigating negative reviews or slanderous commentaries [...]

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Workflow challenges and changes while traveling abroad

10 December 2008

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It’s 4:35AM in Australia and while everyone else (my sister, her roommate, & my girlfriend) are asleep, but my internal clock was aching me to ‘get the hell outta bed!” So here I am sipping tea and writing a blog post. Before my travels to Sydney I purchased the super tiny Asus eeePC 901 series. Yes, the [...]

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Love as a means to measure success

30 September 2008

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Sometimes it takes hearing something that takes your breath away to make you second guess yourself about how you measure success. I encourage you to reevaluate what you’re trying to do in life by looking at the end goal of it all. Is your end goal really money? Or is it simply just happiness and you’ve [...]

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Communication from your front line workers

4 January 2008

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Willie, a delivery guy from Dean Foods, comes to Mozarts Coffee in Austin TX every day at 12noon and goes through the same process. With a huge cart on wheels stacked with gallons of milk, he clumsily navigates his way down 7 stairs and then up 3 stairs. I wonder if anyone has [...]

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Deep, Meaningful SMALL Talk

24 December 2007

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Why is it that when people talk with someone else they discuss events, rather than feelings?  “Yesterday this happened, and then we did this, and it was cool, and then we went here, etc, etc.”  Are we so secretive as a species that it is a faux pas to mention feelings in conversation with an [...]

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