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Why Steve Strauss Hires English Majors
By the way, did I say I was an English major for my BA? Yes, software entrepreneur, yes, business planner, erstwhile programmer, and MBA … but I carry around a degree in English Literature. I don’t...
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I’m Too Busy To Read That Book on Busyness
This interesting book review came out this morning on slate.com: In her new book, Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time, Washington Post reporter Brigid Schulte calls this cultural...
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Creativity and Clutter – Friends or Enemies?
Does clutter affect creativity? I can give you quotes that say it does, and research that says it doesn’t. There’s lots of anecdotal evidence for either side. What do you think? My own experience goes...
View ArticleSurprising Truth About What Motivates People
This is another short video, barely 10 minutes, thoroughly worth watching, based on a talk by Dan Pink. We take for granted that we know what motivates people. This piece makes you think about it, and,...
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Invention is the Mother of Necessity: Technology and Productivity
Have you heard the standard cliche: “Necessity is the Mother of Invention?” In business technology and productivity, in my experience at least, the old standard is reversed: the new truth is that...
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You Need to Understand the Business Principle of Displacement
Imagine a bucket of water full to the brim, on a table, right next to a phone and a computer. Now take a brick and drop it into that bucket. Imagine what happens. Water splashes out, right? And that’s...
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Disturbing Questions About Productivity and Technology
Have you heard the standard cliche: “Necessity is the Mother of Invention?” In business productivity and technology, in my experience at least, the old standard is reversed: the new truth is that...
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Productivity Tip: Walking Meetings. In the Park.
File this one under the general category of things business owners can do to preserve physical and mental health, despite the rigors of running a business. It goes along with getting regular exercise,...
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Tools, Productivity, And Bright Shiny Distractions
Is this you? Over and over again, you fall off on regular consistent organizational practices like to-do lists, emails, planning, backing up your computer … then you run across some cool new...
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Infographic: 12 Visual Principles For Everyday Design
Design is essential and affects so much of our work. But design is also expensive. And the tech world, social media, the web, and business are full of designs we do ourselves. Profile pages,...
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