How nice it would be to always view the world through the awe-struck, innocent, curious eyes of a child!
And how often we are incurious about the most common stuff - that we really don’t understand at all.
This morning, I was reading my daughter’s book.  It was about the ‘POST’.  Yes, how letters and parcels get [...]

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Mark Joyner, the ‘Godfather of Internet Marketing’, is launching a new course about “Promoting Your Music Online” today.
What’s interesting about it is that:
1. When you order in the first 48 hours you get the course for 1/2 off.
2. Those who order in the first 48 hours will also get free access to a Simpleology course [...]

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I started this year with a resolution. It was to NOT buy anything until all prior purchases had been put to good use.
For 3 weeks, I held on to that resolve - until Marvin broke it by showing me this tempting piece of programming genius… and I simply HAD TO HAVE IT!
Technically, I’m still [...]

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I get asked this question very often. Today, after reading a blog post about information overload by Ruth Ritchie, I realized how bad it could be.
Information overload can cause stress, lowered productivity, lack of creativity, even a total mental breakdown!
That’s bad. Worse, because it is oh-so-easy to overcome.
Of course, too many people make [...]

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If you are a blogger who endorses a worthy charity, there are many ways you can integrate your support for your favorite non-profit into your blogging. Here are 11 ideas you may want to start using:
1. Theme. You could use a ‘theme’ for your blog that reflects the cause or mission of the [...]

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“A Day for Hearts” is on February 14th - and I’m doing many things to help spread the word. This is one.
It’s an exciting little Wordpress theme - and it has a ‘Twitter-like’ interface by which YOU can post to my Congenital Heart Defects Awareness blog… saying how you are helping with the event.
Twitter? [...]

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In 2003, I wrote on of the first ebook about blogging for profits. Blog Profit Ideas Exposed went on to sell over 750 copies.
Since 2005, I have stopped teaching my power-blogging techniques. Yet, I’m still known as a top expert on blog marketing.
I distilled my best blogging practices into a short primer for [...]

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Many bloggers dream of becoming influential. Because, they think, they’re going to change the world.
And they can - but not in every possible way.
Darren Rowse, “arguably Australia’s most famous blogger”, was recently interviewed on “Aussie Bloggers” and said:
“That’s why I don’t do memes; that’s why I rarely refer people to other sites which may [...]

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I recently heard about the ‘Sharing Foundation‘ through my friend, Roger Carr’s ‘Everyday Giving Blog’ - and of a fundraiser (America’s Giving Challenge) they are doing to help children in Cambodia get education.
After making a donation (oh, and it would be great if you could help them too - click here to [...]

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I’m a heart surgeon. Heart operations take a long time. Sometimes 8 hours, or maybe longer.
So working long, hard stints isn’t strange or unusual for me.
Yesterday, I spent a marathon 8 hour session, working fast and furious with focus and concentration. Not in the operating room… but in my office.
The work was [...]

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