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Zen Habits: 8 Ways Doing Less Can Transform Your Work & Life

Zen Habits is one of my favorite blogs to follow, and I love their subtitle:  Simple Productivity.
Their recent post titled “8 Way Doing Less Can Transform Your Work & Life” mirrors my philosophy of ‘focusing on what matters to get the results you desire”.
More is not always better.
One New Year’s resolution that you keep is [...]

21Sep2009 | Susan | 1 comment | Continued
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Just for Fun

I had someone send this to me on Saturday after doing some Twitter work, and I laughed till I cried.
“Shake that Tail Feather!”

14Sep2009 | Susan | 1 comment | Continued
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Why do people succeed?

One of my colleagues recently asked, “What would you say your #1 reason for success is?”
Why do people succeed?
Is it because they’re smart? Or are they just lucky?
Neither.
Analyst Richard St. John condenses years of interviews into an unmissable 3-minute slideshow …
Look at the bottom of the video for what my answer [...]

9Sep2009 | Susan | 2 comments | Continued
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Use FriendFeed to Keep Your Social Networking Organized

Once you get rolling with a whole bunch of social networking sites, you’ll quickly realize it becomes a noisy environment. Not only is there your own chatter to organize, but you now have the chatter of dozens, hundreds or possibly thousands of online friends to sort through.
Before you start closing accounts on your social networking [...]

21Jun2009 | Susan | 0 comments | Continued
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My Compete – Reports on Twitter and Microsoft

May Data is Live: Twitter’s Growth Shows Signs of Fatigue
May’s data is here and it’s hot! It was a big month and the data shows some tell-tale signs that Twitter’s days of monster growth are waning, Microsoft’s $100 million marketing budget for Bing may be paying off, and the sour economy is not negatively impacting [...]

12Jun2009 | Susan | 0 comments | Continued
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Refocus for Busy People

I’ve had a spotty Internet connection today which at first was very frustrating with so much to accomplish online. When I decided to go outside, take a walk, and see the situation as an opportunity to take a break – this blog post formed in my mind.
Like most people, you may find it difficult [...]

28May2009 | Susan | 1 comment | Continued
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Focus – The Powerful Lens for Results

There are stars that have been in existence since the beginning of time, that we have been able to see only recently through a new and more powerful lens.
If you could use a more powerful lens through which to see your life, would you use it?
One of the more important points I have made in [...]

23May2009 | Susan | 1 comment | Continued
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Staying organized in a Web 2.0 World

PC World says “Remember the Milk reinvents the to-do list”…
Huh?  Remember the Milk?
Yep – stroll on over to www.rememberthemilk.com to see how you can manage your everyday tasks, receive reminders via email, SMS and instant messenger services; and add tasks by firing off an email (or even by your phone).
This service integrates with Twitter, Blackberry, [...]

18May2009 | Susan | 2 comments | Continued
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Seeing is believing – or is it?

What do you see in your life?

How many times have you heard “I’ll believe it when I see it?”  How many of us have that message subliminally and deeply ingrained inside of us?  And if we do believe that saying, how does this message keep us from living richer, fuller lives?
During recent employee evaluations conducted [...]

9Jul2008 | Susan | 0 comments | Continued