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It’s tough
Requires a lot of self-control
Can sometimes get lonely working with no co-workers
But it never gets dull and is totally worth it
- Lewis
I’m writing this first on lined paper, with a real pen. How old fashioned.
My laptop is turned off, my wifi is left floundering around bouncing from wall to wall, and I’m hunched over my desk, pen in hand, feeling very much like Bob Cratchit.
But my productivity has increased tenfold!
I used to mess about online it [...]
This is from EarlyToRise:
1) A good understanding of why and how people buy things.
2) The ability to make a big, tempting promise.
3) The skill to show that promise as a picture, to advance it with propositions
and to support those propositions with proof.
4) The ability to distinguish between features and benefits.
What would you add to the [...]
I recently bought a book called ‘Todoodlist‘, by Nick Cernis. [Official site: www.todoodlist.com]
In Todoodlist Nick teaches a very simple concept. Ditch complex systems if they’re no more effective than simple systems.
The To Do list is his main example, and one I now use every day.
Old Way: Sure it’s excellent to have a to do list [...]
Yesterday I mentioned Productivity Tricks. So today and tomorrow I’m posting 2 of my favourites.
“Don’t break the chain!”
This technique is credited to Jerry Seinfeld, and you can read about it at lifehacker.
First, you get a calendar (a physical one is better – you don’t want to use something like Google Calendar for this), and you define [...]
In all of my working online I’ve learned a few things.
When you don’t have a boss looking over your shoulder, tutting every time you take a break, it becomes rather hard to stay on task.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Children of all ages,
Gather round,
Let Me Tell You a Secret…
Motivating yourself every day, when you’re in your house [...]
SIMPLIFY YOUR LIFE.
There is no better motto…
Just like when you go on vacation as a kid and decide to keep a Vacation Diary (I think girls would do this more than boys…), I haven’t kept up with the Day 1 / Day 2 idea of this blog.
Not to worry though, because blogging has no strict rule book.
I have been thinking a [...]
I have always been a big fan of writing on my BlackBerry. Some people found it crazy, that I could write any large amount of text on such a small keypad onto such a small screen.
I have now taken to writing articles on my iPhone. Yep – writing articles on a piece of glass!
What I [...]
I’m finding it very difficult to move from my old way of running my business to my new way.
I’m coming up with many ideas, like normal really, for different things, and it’s quite difficult to focus on my new business model (which is writing writing writing).
Nobody, apart from Tiffany Dow perhaps, actually enjoys writing. Even [...]
Today was day 1 of my new writing plan, and it’s going well so far. Even with zero new articles written!
Today was a day of Set Up. I have been laying good foundations.
I am a great fan of systems, and things happening exactly as they should. So today I was setting up a system.
I have [...]
I’ve been making a living from marketing on the internet for many years now. It’s easier than you probably think!
But… I’m not retired yet am I?! And I’ve not been building a business which could easily run by someone else.
Working for yourself on the internet pays very well, but I’m looking for something different. [...]
