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Productivity

• 05.24.08
  Ten Key Strategies for Overcoming Failure   Attitude, Change, Choices, Growth, Inspiration, Productivity, Success (1)

  Action separates between the winners and the losers in life. Massive action is the key to consistency in productivity and achieving results in life. Being consisstent in action does not mean filling up your days with activity. Activity does not necessarily mean productivity. You must have a clear-cut goal that you aim at attaining. Failure [...]

• 04.05.08
  The Sweet Magic of TALENT   Attitude, Choices, Growth, Inspiration, Productivity, Success (0)

  The entire United States, particularly the College world, is currently deeply consumed by the NCAA tournament. The entire nation tuned in yesterday to see two teams punch their ticket into the Finals after a terrific Sweet Sixteen, Elite Eight and Final Four. Memphis advanced to the Finals by beating UCLA and Kansas advanced by beating [...]

• 03.18.08
  GROWTH: The Six Keys to a Better Life   Change, Choices, Growth, Inspiration, Learning, Productivity, Success (3)

  One of the most important things that must be grasped in life is that growth is not permanent. Many times we set a goal for accomplishment and once that goal is attained we sort of settle into a feeling that we have arrived. Best example of this is the diploma mentality. Most people stop learning [...]

• 10.05.07
  Systematic Problem Solving   Attitude, Change, Choices, Growth, Inspiration, Learning, Productivity, Success (0)

  We all face problems daily. As a matter of fact, life is a series of problems with an occassional crisis here and there. One of the most important skills to develop therefore is the art of systematic problem solving. Systematic problem solving simply means having a methodology for handling life’s problems. By solving problems in an orderly [...]

• 08.08.07
  Infoholics Anonymous   Connections, Productivity (1)

  Hello, I’m Dwayne, and I’m an Infoholic.
  I admit it - I’m an information junkie. I do lots of things to feed my habit - I read books, magazines, and blogs. I watch “How It’s Made,” the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, Science Channel, Food Network, etc. I listen to talk radio, podcasts, [...]

• 06.10.07
  How to be a Sure Champion   Growth, Inspiration, Productivity, Success (2)

  Yesterday I had the chance to watch the final game of the much anticipated rematch at French Open Tennis Championship between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. It was a very hot day outside and my wife and I decided to play scrabble while we watched the championship. Our 16-month old son was right in the mix as he ran [...]

• 05.26.07
  The Secret to Blossoming in Life   Attitude, Growth, Inspiration, Productivity, Success (0)

  This month’s theme was “Stop and Smell the Flowers”. Earlier in the month I posted on High Velocity Culture and the Future of Slowness. My inspiration for that post was the fact that we can not stop and smell the flowers unless we are deliberately going slow in life. Today I’d like to explore the [...]

• 04.25.07
  Care & Feeding Writers’ Blocks   Attitude, Productivity, Success (1)

  Searching around for a new slant on writer’s block to post on the Orkut community I manage, I found Writers First Aid by Kristi Holl. She suggests that treatments for writer’s block must fit the ailment. She says, “If you can’t identify the origin of your block, treating it is impossible.” One of the causes [...]

• 04.14.07
  The Manifestation of Intention: How to Properly Care for and Feed Your Ideas   Productivity, Success (4)

  I’ve been thinking “ideas and intentions” over the past two days. I once read a quote that I’ve enjoyed requoting over the years. I don’t know who gave us the quote (might have been some wise wag like Socrates, Aristotle or Plato) but here it is: “A new idea is delicate. It can be killed [...]

• 04.09.07
  The Care and Feeding of Writers and Finches   Inspiration, Productivity (2)

  Have you ever had a great idea for a book and then tried not to write it?
  Assuming you’ll answer me honestly in a minute, I have to say I can’t really understand this phenomenon. More accurately, I don’t want to. I just want to write.
  I am writing a book. Did I say that? I love [...]

• 02.20.07
  That Wonderful, Terrible Word   Attitude, Growth, Inspiration, Productivity, Success (6)

  [The scene fades-in, accompanied by the sound of old door hinges creaking] We see a dim, high-ceilinged, stone-walled room. An ancient wooden writing desk in the foreground has a corroded brass candlestick with a nearly exhausted, sputtering candle that glows feebly, providing just enough light to see. All visible walls are covered by tall carved [...]

• 01.13.07
  Discovering motivations   Attitude, Growth, Inspiration, Productivity, Success (1)

  Inspired by the changes at 100 Bloggers I was encouraged to change what I was doing on another blog of mine, Unraveling to Understand. One of the changes I made their was to consolidate my blog categories and also to theme what I was going to be doing each month of 2007 like 100 bloggers.  [...]

• 01.13.07
  9 Rules for Making Good Decisions   Growth, Productivity (1)

  Making good decisions is not always easy. We struggle at times to make smart decisions, especially when faced with difficult choices. How do we know which choice to make when none jumps out at us as the right one? What if we make the wrong decision? These and other questions trouble us as we struggle [...]

• 12.19.06
  Networking - Growing in a garden of ideas   Attitude, Culture, Growth, Inspiration, Productivity, Success (1)

  This past year my wife and I have worked hard to grow our business and one the best things we have every done is to get involved in local networks for professional development. We have been involved in several “industry focused” network meeting ranging from entrepreneurship to internet security. Not only has this introduced [...]

• 12.18.06
  End Of Year Intention   Attitude, Productivity, Uncategorized (1)

  My conscience has been bothering me that my opportunity to post at 100 Bloggers has been, well, largely ignored.  Therefore, I’ve made an end-of-year resolution to make a regular contribution with a regular format.
  The plan is to post interesting, non-mainstream news several times a week.  No war talk, no activist platforms, nothing to jar your [...]

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