Blog Success Tips to Apply at Work
March 4th, 2008
One of my favorite blogs (just added to the blogroll, as a matter of fact) had a great post today entitled 41 Blog Success Tips from 10 Years of Blogging You Can Learn Today. The author is Chris Garrett, who is a professional blogger and consultant in the UK. If you haven’t read chrisg.com, I highly recommend it.
Back to the topic at hand, Chris lists 41 blog success tips that he has learned over the years. As I read through these (realizing how much better I should be doing with my own sad little blog), I came to the conclusion that these tips are not just good blogging advice, but good advice for any marketer/manager/worker to follow as well. Read the rest of this entry »
Investing in Heroes
January 3rd, 2008
I just finished reading Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist - an awesome book. Warren Buffett, if you don’t know, is arguably the most successful investor of all time. He is the third richest person in the world, worth about $55 Billion, and has had a long systematic history of outperforming basically everyone else in his investments.
Speaking about his many successes, Buffett said the following:
“The best thing I did was choose the right heroes.”
Turn That Frown…
November 22nd, 2007
Everyone has a bad day. Don’t try and say you don’t, because you will be a liar and nobody likes a liar. Regardless of the cause, every now and again you just feel like throwing it all in, walking out the door and kicking everyone along the way.
Unfortunately most rations of paid time off won’t cover days such as these, so we have to battle through our own moods at work. The question for the day is: how does your mood affect the people around you? Read the rest of this entry »
Are You That Guy?
October 25th, 2007
You know the one I am talking about. He’s the guy in your office that the boss thinks is great but everyone who works with him thinks he’s a tool. Here are are the warning signs… Read the rest of this entry »