All the links for today are for entrepreneurs. And not only of course!

1.  How to Increase Productivity by Simply Disconnecting

As great as technology is, when it comes to finding the time to completely immerse yourself in your work, let’s face it – the same technology we depend on can just as quickly turn into a major hindrance. Being a web designer, the very nature of my job requires that I spend the majority of my workday online – which makes it that much more important that I take extra care not to get easily sidetracked.

2. The Creative Entrepreneur’s Guide to Linchpin

I’d normally start a book review by talking about the book, but this time, I’d rather talk about the author.

Seth Godin has been called a revolutionary thinker, a pioneer, and a trendsetter, among other things. And while those descriptions are true, I think it’s better to understand Seth as a really good weatherman.

3. The Simplest Secret To Business Growth

Everyone wants to know the one thing they can do to get things going, the magic pill they can take, the one bit or advice from a guru that will turn the ship around. (How’s that for some clichés?) Truth is, business is mostly a bunch of hard work, done consistently. However, there is one thing that every business can do that works in every instance – the one simple secret to guaranteed business growth. Want to know what that is?

1. Yes, I know. We have a strong belief that limits can’t make us feel more creative. But, what if sometimes it helps? Three Ways Limits Can Set Your Creativity Free

Instead of thinking of limits as constraints or as obstacles that block your progress toward achieving your goals, start thinking of them as valuable allies.

Lots of great things have been achieved not in spite of limits, but because of them. Particularly when it comes to creativity, setting limits–or having limits set externally upon you–can set you free.

2. Question: How long should be the post on your blog?

Answer is really simple: it depends. It depends on the target of your blog; it depends on the visitors of your blog. And what’s the most important… it depends on the type of published content.

3.  How to “Connect the Dots” in Your Business

In this post, I’ll describe what needs to happen if you want to connect disparate pieces of information about the same person, organization, or entity. I hope you’ll be further persuaded of both the difficulty and the value of such an effort. The need is widely felt, whether you’re trying to connect the dots on customers in business, terrorists in intelligence, patients in health care, molecules in drug development, etc.

1. At the beginning of my blogging year, I used to find reasons to blog. If you have this problem too please read this article 10 Really Good Reasons to Blog

You and I know good reasons to blog. Hundreds of millions of bloggers know good reasons to blog. It still amazes me when I find people who really do not understand all of the very important reasons why individuals and companies write blogs and comment on blogs, often. Maybe you don’t write a blog, and you just enjoy reading them and adding your comments, or maybe you are a full time super-blogger. In either case, it never hurts to review some of the basics. Here is a list of ten really good reasons to blog. I invite you to add to this list in my blog’s comments … as it should be.

2. Well, I must admit that today was my “advice for bloggers ” day . How to Be a More Relational Blogger [Tips for New and Established Bloggers]

The community and relational aspect of that first blog was a big part of why I decided to start my own first blog. I’d not seen anything on the web that allowed a person to grow a community around their ideas before and wanted to experience it for myself.

So I started my first blog – a personal blog about life, spirituality and culture – and began to experiment with my voice but also with engaging with those who read what I was writing each day.

3.  11 Quick and Simple Ways to Spread Positivity Around You Today

Improving your attitude and living a more positive life overall can take a lot of time and effort. But a part of it can also be simple. You can spread positivity around you with small actions.

This will not only make you and other people feel better today. Over time you tend to get what you give. You will make it easier for yourself to live a more positive life in the long run too.

1.  5-Steps for Creating a Social Media Marketing Campaign for Your Brand

Set goals for your social media marketing campaign

We all know the Internet is a great place to build your personal brand, and social media is a tool you should effectively harness. First things first with any campaign—you need to set goals. I’m reading this great book, The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web by Tamar Weinberg, which suggests the SMART method of setting goals: specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely.

2.  How To Develop Motivation in Your Everyday Life

Personal development, maximizing your potential, goals setting, motivating yourself for the better – these are some of the inter-related things that you need to work on as an individual. Here, we will set our sights on the many ways that you can develop motivation in life.

The Importance of Finding Out what Motivates You

First, let’s find out what the importance of motivation exactly is. Simply put, motivation is that driving force which allows you to achieve your goals and go after what you want in life.

3.  How to Make Extra Money Online

Do you want to make extra money? I believe knowing a few ways to supplement your income won’t hurt. You might not need them now, but when you needed them it’s nice to know the available options.

There are many ways to earn extra income, but here I make a few restrictions to prevent this post from being too broad:

1. Sometimes, there’s no better way than learning from other people’s life happenings. What Going To The Gym Taught Me About Achieving My Goals

Looking back, I think a lot of the problem was that I expected immediate results. I tried so many routines both at the gym and at home, from trying to go for regular jogs to simply doing pushups at home, only to ditch them within a month. My motivation would disappear because it was so heavily dependent on short term results. As any regular gym-goer will probably agree, results don’t happen overnight.

2. 6 Reasons Why You Should Be Your Own Boss.

If you want to be your own boss you need to start your own business. Being self-employed will more than likely seem overwhelming in the beginning, but in the end many people feel that the benefits far outweigh the costs. So start brainstorming some business opportunities!

Here are some reasons why you should be your own boss:

3. If I like them, maybe  you will like them too. 7 Leaderships Tips From Leaders

What is a leader?

A leader is a person who guides others toward a common goal, showing the way by example, creating an environment in which other team members feel actively involved in the entire process. A leader is not the boss of the team, but the person that is committed to carrying out the mission of the venture.

1. Are you aware of your weak points? Here’s How to Find Your Productivity Achilles’ Heel

Even the most productive people have Achilles’ heels, types of tasks which they procrastinate on. Similarly, even the people who claim they have no willpower still have some work they always do on time.

Why is that? And how can you use that knowledge to fix the problem?

2.  Does Failure Inspire?

We have all heard the saying: ”If at first you don’t succeed try, try again.” We have all seen the stories that failing often and early is the best, and that you can’t succeed unless you fail. These are all great stories and sayings, but they always leave me wondering the same thing: is it true, and if so why?

3.  Social Media Strategy: First have a Plan. Then Execute the Plan.

Just like with anything, you need a roadmap or you’ll end up lost.Social Media: Why are you doing it? What do you hope to achieve?Here are some possible goals and strategies of your social media program:

1.  for GTD beginners, I have here 10 Tips to Create To-Do Lists Like a Pro! And they really help!

While creating and using to-do lists is relatively simple, there are some tips and tricks you can use to multiply their effectiveness. Below I’ll share with you the 10 tips I learned with my to-do lists over the years.

2. I don’t know about you, but I love the word “brand”. It’s so interesting, and it can give you new ideas. This article I mean :  10 Questions to Develop Your Brand

So much of our time is spent finding the answers, but to find those answers how often do you spend asking yourself the right question?

3. And for the end I have for you a brand new fresh article from Ian’s Messy Desk.  11 Golden Rules of Time Management

No one manages time; they only manage how they use their time. Successful people use their time on the things that matter most and on tasks that move them closer to their goals.

Consider the following “golden rules” of time management. See if you can be more effective in how you use your time.

1. Chatting With Jamie Smart About Goal-Setting and yes, I think that the title is enough.:)

We had such a great bunch of people on the building team at Zithulele and one of the things I most enjoyed about the project was the chats we had about life, the universe and everything. And since I’ve followed Jamie’s work for 5 or 6 years now, I really enjoyed picking his brain on some of the stuff about goal-setting and other personal development questions that I’ve had on my mind lately.

2. We all need some inspirational ideas sometimes.and this is that kind of article that makes ideas jump in our brains. The Decade in Management Ideas

“So there it is: our roundup of the management ideas that shaped the decade.”

3. As you probably noticed, sometimes my last article is a little bit less serious. I mean, it’s supposed to be a lighter one. Like this one is: Do One Thing Very Well.

How do you evaluate the products or services you offer? What makes you decide what to do with regards to your brands? And when you turn that lens on you, how do you fare? (My answer: not so well. I’m a jumble.)

1. Every entrepreneur has this problem. How am I going to sell my product? How will I price it?  The Key to Pricing Your Product or Service Online

One area that in-person sales has an advantage over online is you can tailor your marketing to the precise situation and prospect. With online you have to predict or tune every possible question, bias and objection so that you leave to question unanswered and no objection left hanging.

2. This article is especially for the readers which are passionate about Brand & Marketing and it is perfect for the ones who are trying to establish a connection into them and the brand that they are building.  Defining Your Brand via 6 Traits that Make You a Leader

I finished reading Lisa Orrell’s Millennials Into Leadership: The Ultimate Guide for Gen Y’s Aspiring to Be Effective, Respected, Young Leaders at Work this week. Wow! What a great resource for tomorrow’s leaders.

In Millennials Into Leadership, Orrell discusses “defining your brand by documenting the traits that you believe define your leadership style.” As I read, I thought about how each applied to me as the founder and president of Come Recommended.

3. Are we stressed? It’s Monday. We are, aren’t we? Here are  5 Ways of Using Limits to Get More Enjoyment Out of Your Life Today

Lately I’ve become a lot fonder of limits than I used to be. I used to see them as something negative. Because on one level it’s great to surpass you own limits. On another level it is pretty helpful to set some limits.

So here is how I use limits to make things easier for myself and to accomplish more.

1.  5 Marketing Principles Brands Should Embrace

Most of the marketing rules we lived by just five years ago are practically obsolete. The industry has faced more changes in the last five years than in the previous 50. Let’s face it, there’s no point in improving broken legacy models. Since necessity is the mother of invention, let’s not waste this recession and instead use it to rethink how we go about branding in this new decade.

2.  Let’s get passionate!

How about turning ‘Stress’ into ‘Passion’? What if you could turn all those things that cause you stress into opportunities for something else – learning something new, building or mending a relationship, getting some feedback, stepping out of your comfort zone, widening your horizons, influencing the working culture, helping someone through a challenge, coaching a colleague? Well, is there anything stopping you, other than your own mind and free-will?

3.  How to Get Your “Space” Organized

Getting organized is not merely a theoretical exercise. Sure, you need to think about goals and create plans, but after that, you need to organize your space(s). You space could be your office, your home, garage, the inside of your car, etc. It’s the physical area that is often cluttered and overrun.