Archive for February, 2008

This question turned up in my Daily Forwards Step. There was also this quote:
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. - Charles Darwin
What do YOU need to change, to keep up with change?

I have blogged about The Medici Effect which is a great book. Now the book is available as a free download at The Medici Effect website. In the associated blog it says:
On The The Pirate’s Dilemma blog Matt Mason describes how best-selling author Paolo Coelho boosted sales in Russia by uploading a pirate copy of [...]

I am a fan of using pen and paper, it is nice to see others post along the same lines. In The Power of Analog Writing is this part which I agree on:
Putting down plans, notes, ideas, and hunches in a notebook can be a great way to help organize your mind, as well as [...]

This question turned up in my Daily Forwards Step. There was also this quote:
When you’re in your 90’s and looking back, it’s not going to be how much money you made or how many awards you’ve won. It’s really ‘What did you stand for? Did you make a positive difference for people?’.
Elizabeth Dole
What do YOU [...]

I got this quote in one of my Daily Forwards Step:
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.
Warren Buffett (Investment Entrepreneur)
What will YOU do differently?

DailyOM today is about Outside The Comfort Zone - Things We Don’t Want To Do. It is worth remembering that the best way to solve this is by doing it.
Most of us have had the experience of tackling some dreaded task only to come out the other side feeling invigorated, filled with a new sense [...]

Copyblogger has an interesting post with Five Tips for a Successful Freelance Writing Career. Those are important to anyone working from home.
DailyWritingTips has a post about Surviving The Midnight Oil: 6 Practical Tips for Freelance Writers. The post starts like this: “Freelance writers often suffer from a condition known as ‘workaholism’, or an inability to [...]

The 26 page ebook, How I Built A Profitable Freelance Business for Under $50 (And How You Can Too!) explains the exact steps that Christine OKelly took to go from flat broke to earning $6,000 - $8,000 per month just by doing freelance writing. For anyone who loves writing this sounds like a dream come [...]

DailyOM today is about Small Steps To Big Change - Making Big Change Easier. This is about taking small steps instead of big leaps, a way to make changes manageable but also giving the chance to try out things.
When we decide that it’s time for big changes in our lives, it is wise to ease [...]

Over at Freelance Folder is a useful post titled Is Your Elevator Pitch a Home Run?.
Your elevator pitch is your 30-second marketing strategy. You need it to tell people on the fly at any given moment who you are, what you do, and help win them over – or at the very least, gets them [...]

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