You Gotta See This!

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Have you ever had somebody approach you with a new product or service that seemed to be “Too good to be true?” What was your response? If you are like me, you probably had reservations and probably wondered what the real story was. I’ve been pitched enough faulty products, unworkable MLM businesses, and million dollar [...]

Checklists and Why Diets Fail

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One of the great secrets I’ve learned over the years is that we can’t visualize a negative action. You can’t picture in your mind NOT eating an ice cream cone. You can’t imagine NOT kicking a dog. You can’t imagine NOT eating that huge piece of FUDGE staring at you from the plate across the [...]

What Do You Want In An iBook?

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With the advent of Apple’s new iPad, a lot of new technology will soon be at our fingertips. One of the most exciting will be the advent of iBooks, which will be available from a soon to be released iBook store. I personally would like to see a few things included that will make this [...]

Creating A Success Checklist

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In my last post, I talked about the power of checklists. They work great for checking off items for a trip, a presentation, or a meeting. But what about life in general? Could we come up with a “Success” checklist? If so, what items would be on it? Here are three quick ones that come [...]

The Inclusive Checklist

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I ran across an interesting new book over the weekend, called the Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande. The premise of the book, is that in our increasing complex world, we need checklists to keep us from making mistakes that can be disastrous or even life threatening. He gives example from surgeons, airline pilots, and skyscraper [...]

Can You Get Fired Via Twitter?

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There you are, sitting at your desk on a Friday afternoon. All of a sudden a direct message tweet pops up on your Echofon Twitter interface… DM Employee. You are Fired. Clean Out Your Desk. You Will Be Escorted to the Door at 4pm. Could this happen? I’m sure it has and will probably become [...]