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Please don’t steal my products.
If you steal products, you motivate the quality producers to leave the market. I just saw my product posted on a file sharing board. I’m not flattered, I’m just pissed.
Establishing a new habit
Today's Get-it-Done Guy episode deals with how to form a new habit. Becoming more productive, setting new years resolutions, brushing your teeth differently ... any sort of behavior change involves, well, changing behavior. Unfortunately, humans aren't very good at...
How do *you* stay motivated?
A listener recently wrote in asking how to stay motivated at a really undesirable job, especially given that are job hunting and ready to bail the moment a good opportunity comes along. How do you stay motivated when you have to do something you don't like on an...
#3 on Amazon
Get-it-Done Guy’s 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More is #3 on Amazon in the Time Management category today!
Investors Business Daily & Downtown Women
Wow! Today's a day full of media love. An article about my book and personal productivity is featured in Investors Business Daily. A guest blog post by me is featured in the Downtown Women's Club.
How to Write an Audio Ad
It's fascinating having an ad-supported podcast. I've developed a good sense for what does and doesn't work in audio, and for how people respond to the spoken word. Every word counts. Word order counts. Phrasing counts. And looking over some of the scripts that...
Affiliates piggy-back on your brand! Beware!
I use a special email service that lets me create a unique email address every time I sign up for a mailing list. I sign up for Amazon as "amazon@specialdomain.com." Bill's Bait Shop knows me as billsbaitshop@specialdomain.com. If one day, ads for body part...
Are people good or bad? It just might be a self-fulfilling prophecy!
I’ve noticed that underlying a lot of political discussions is a fundamental belief about human nature. Some people believe people are fundamentally self-interested. They won’t work unless paid, and helping the downtrodden is something one does to impress one’s...
How do I manage my brand/content given my forthcoming book?
I'm coming out with the book, "The Get-it-Done Guy's Nine Steps to Work Less and Do More" in August 2010. I'd like to build a business around the book that's sufficient to support me. My theory is that step one is building an audience. I want to build my audience as...