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Honest Scrap Award

Posted on December 10, 2009. Filed under: Cigars, Drinks, Freelance, Friends, Health & Fitness, Internet, Meditation, Men, Podcast, Poetry, Self-employment, Technology, Women, Work, Writing, Zen, bourbon, scotch whiskey, wine |

Honest Scrap Award
So, as my friend & blogger Gigi (http://www.gigitotherescue.blogspot.com/) stole the premise for this, I in turn am stealing it from her. According to the rules, it’s what I’m supposed to do.  :)
Honest Scrap Award Rules:
1. Must thank the person who gave you the award and list their blog, linking to it.
2. Share [...]

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Done: Reduce Task Friction to Get to Task Completion

Posted on September 10, 2009. Filed under: Life, Work, Writing, Zen |

“If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.” – Dale Carnegie

Done: Reduce Task Friction to Get to Task Completion – Zen Habits

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10 Reasons Why Freelancing is the Best Job Security

Posted on September 9, 2009. Filed under: Freelance, Internet, Life, Work, Writing |

The idea that any real job security exists is a complete illusion. Ask any former GM employee or newspaper journalist what they think about the concept.

10 Reasons Why Freelancing is the Best Job Security – Freelance Switch

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5 Rules for Better Web Writing

Posted on September 8, 2009. Filed under: Freelance, Internet, Writing |

Text is a very important part of user experience on the web, so it needs and deserves the same sort of design consideration. You must make your text usable in the same manner that you do the rest of your website or social media campaign materials. In short: text is user interface. Here are [...]

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90 Days to Maximum Momentum

Posted on September 2, 2009. Filed under: Finances, Health & Fitness, Life, Love, Video, Work, Writing |

Here are five simple steps you can take to achieve more in the next 90 days than you’ve achieved in the whole year put together.
90 Days to Maximum Momentum

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Five Ways to Build the Writing Habit

Posted on August 27, 2009. Filed under: Writing |

Here are some ways you can help yourself build the writing habit:

Five Ways to Build the Writing Habit – Write to Done

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“Julie & Julia” & The Happy Lotus

Posted on August 27, 2009. Filed under: Food, Life, Movies, Women, Writing |

Faith is not just some religious doctrine that promotes the idea of worshipping a certain prophet or teacher or version of God. Faith is a knowing that at any given moment, you are where you should be and what is happening is what should be happening. This does not mean that you do not have [...]

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Virus Protection For The Mind

Posted on August 24, 2009. Filed under: Dreams, Finances, Food, Friends, Health & Fitness, Life, Love, Meditation, Work, Writing, Zen |

Virus Protection For The Mind – Zen Habits

The more serious of these thought viruses can lead to mental health problems such as loss of confidence, mild depression, self esteem issues, and a distorted perception of ourselves.

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The (Nearly) Ultimate Resource: 176 Tips for Writers

Posted on August 10, 2009. Filed under: Writing |

The (Nearly) Ultimate Resource: 176 Tips for Writers – Write To Done

A couple of weeks ago I asked you,  “What helps you to become a better writer?” You put forward 73 tips. Then I went to Copyblogger and showed the Write to Done list of tips to their readers. I called the post 73 Way [...]

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Make It Happen

Posted on August 9, 2009. Filed under: Dreams, Finances, Friends, Health & Fitness, Life, Love, Music, Work, Writing, Zen |

Make It Happen – Sunday Song for August 9, 2009 – happylotus.com

For some reason, society thinks that those who achieve their dreams are in the minority. Actually, I think that it was meant to be the opposite. We are all creators and have the power to create our reality. The problem is that we do [...]

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