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How “Old School” Habits Can Beat Writer’s Block
"WoW, Sarah!! Seeing the dog-eared folder & reading few words into your excellent article light bulbs started going off in my head! What a great idea! Go waaay back and look at long forgotten germ ideas that haven't been fleshed out. I bet I could get ideas if I looked at old photo albums, too - it'd transport me back in time & maybe momentarily distract me, but I bet I'd come up with ideas! businessavante "3 Ways of Return of Engagement
"Interesting stuff, Martin! I see you are indeed experimenting with pop-ups! I counted 5 at the outset. One was the "chase the balloon around the page till you click it out" video game pop-up. Let us know how it works out for you. Looking forward to the Jim Kukral podcast. businessavante"Marketing Lessons From the Lawn Mower Guy
"It always fascinated me the tools that my brother-in-law George chose for his carpentry/home improvement business. Each was time-tested, and he had different brands for each tool based on years of experience using them. The TV guys might have 1 or 2 sponsored brands, but not the field pros - they choose wisely. businessavante"3 Srategies Early Hymn Writers Could Teach Breakthrough Startups
"During the counter-reformation (16thC), the Roman Catholic Church was ready to ban it's already several hundred year old legacy of choral music due to the "excesses of counterpoint" obscuring the sacred words. Music was supposedly "saved" by Palestrina's "Missa Papae Marcelli" in 1556 (it's a famous story in the "early music" world). If you've ever heard serious Renaissance choral music before it was "saved" - you'd be amused that there was any uproar in the 1st place. Josquin DesPrez is considered the greatest - a contemporary of Da Vinci. businessavante"Want to Change? Get Angry!
"Very Good Points! It's always ticked me off the way society seems to have changed anger from a NORMAL Human Emotion into criminal thinking (unless a crime is actually committed - no one's for that)! I feel like George Costanza at the Anger Management meeting: "He's beboppin' & scattin', an' George is losin' it!" (all Yelled, and he uses the 3rd person sometimes under stress) businessavante"How to Make Your Business Extraordinary - Online Word of Mouth
"Hi Alastair, When this was originally posted I got an error message from my IP. I'm glad I went back today - the video of Vincent Ferrari trying to cancel his AOL account is so horrible it's actually pretty funny! The exact opposite of a concerned customer service rep listening. There were 3 or 4 articles around then that I couldn't open, but I read them today. businessavante"Subscribe
Performance Action Plans: 10 Ways to Improve Productivity
"Hard to say which is worse - a performance review, or going to the dentist. These are good tips for a subject that can be very tough to tackle. businessavante"