Most circles of thought look at certain habits as being minimal.  Especially the practitioners feel most adamant about habitual usage being "harmless", can never hurt you, or have any negative side effects.  Something that comes from the ground has none of the addictive qualities of pharma...

Every now and then I surprise myself by being surprised. I was really taken aback for a moment when I read the story about a lesbian married couple who are both pregnant. At the same time. And yet, why shouldn’t they be was my immediate reaction after my surprise. Of course there is absolutely...

From David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest:He could do the dextral pain the same way: Abiding. No one single instant of it was unendurable. Here was a second right here: he endured it. What was undealable-with was the thought of all the instants all lined up and stretching ahead, glittering. And the ...

I recently attended a network event as a panelist on the subject of social media. Before the panel discussion part of the evening began, a group of about one hundred attendees who work in PR and/or own a business, were mixing and mingling in the pre-show drinks and nibbles party. I was standing in a...

“Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.”  - James Baldwin During certain months of the year, I can tell you right where you’ll find me every Tuesday night: Most of my family and I will be enjoying healthy snacks, sitting in front...

Image courtesy of re-ality Nothing can be done without energy. A car without fuel wouldn’t get you to where you want to go because there isn’t any energy to power the engine that moves the car. If there are two highly talented people with the same level of ability but one of them is lack...

In the interview I did with Robb Sutton he talked about the $10,000+ worth of freebies he’s received thanks to blogging. While I haven’t been that active pursuing free product thanks to the exposure this blog grants me, I do get things in the mail from time to time. In the spirit of sayi...

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I remember a year or so ago I was trawling a popular Internet marketing forum. This particular forum has some successful marketers, but mostly the members are opportunity seeking newbies, including lots of young guys who are looking to make money online quick and care little for hard work. I did an ...

First of all do you have a brand? Ask yourself that question. What do you represent? What are you viewed as? Brand is important and how you see it, especially if you are going to conferences and would like to be recognized for your hard work. Your brand determines how  you work sometimes, how you a...