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?

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.

At some point in time, you’ll need to be assertive.  The ability to be assertive without coming across as aggressive or offensive will be key to your effectiveness.  Following these steps will lead to assertiveness success.

2. Have you heard of Parkinson’s Law before? Well, I haven’t (shame on me). Reading this post “How Parkinson’s Law Blocks Your Happiness And Creativity” I realized that, yes, timing in the key to everything.

Parkinson’s Law is a theory of productivity made wildly popular by Tim Ferris in The 4-Hour Workweek (amazon link). I’ll use his expression of the “Law” since I invoked his usage:

Parkinson’s Law dictates that a task will swell in (perceived) importance and complexity in relation to the time alloted for completion.

3. Have you ever thought of a good for the existence of a Lag in your life? Well, Mary Jaksch found 10 Reasons Why Lag is an Advantage. Enjoy!

My worst experience of lag was when I started out as a blogger two years ago. I created Goodlife Zen and sat back, waiting for people to subscribe. For many months nothing happened. My posts seemed to disappear into a black hole in cyberspace. At times I was ready to give up. But I kept going, doggedly writing post after post. Patience paid off and now Goodlife Zen is thriving.