Anyone wanna play?

March 13, 2010

A few days ago I logged into my google reader and found a big black box asking me to try the new Google Reader Play.  It reminded me slightly of StumbleUpon because you browse from one suggested website to another – with the suggestions based on what’s popular on the ...

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Why you should use Google reader

March 4, 2010

Google reader is a browser based application that enables you to receive updates or notifications from anywhere on the web that has an rss feed – the little symbol (usually orange) with the embossed radio waves.
Basically, instead of you having to keep visiting all the websites you follow to ...

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Speaking at World Internet Summit

March 4, 2010

Just a little over a year ago, I attended an introductory seminar on internet marketing – and now I’m speaking at the same seminars.  A lot can change in a year.
When people find out that my background is in health care, education and medical research, it can seem a bit ...

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Opportunity voyeurism

March 2, 2010

“Oooooohhhh … would ya look at that … now that’s what I call an opportunity.  Grrrrrrr … just imagine what you could do.”
The problem with this picture is that a lot of people only ever imagine … far fewer actually do something.  This is why I call them ‘opportunity voyeurs’.  ...

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Believe it, act like you believe it, or stop pretending

February 11, 2010

My thoughts today aren’t so warm and fuzzy.  Only because I haven’t been gentle on myself today and I thought you might like a glimpse of how I coach myself.
In order to progress to the ‘next level’ we often have to “act in the absence of knowing the outcome” and ...

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Combining a fulcrum with effort and resistance

February 9, 2010

Way back when I studied biomechanics at University, we learned about levers. And there are three main classes (1, 2, 3). The key thing about levers is that they provide leverage, which I now just describe as getting more done with the same or less amount of effort.
Of ...

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A little place called Deniliquin

February 2, 2010

Dunno why, but I find myself thinking about where I’ve come from and where I’m going.  Wherever it is I’m going, it seems I’m going there really fast.  I’ve had a bit of time ‘off’ over the summer and am starting to get back into things with speaking engagements in ...

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Will Smith talks about being successful

January 16, 2010

Coming up sometime this year I will release a book I’ve been sitting on for a while now called P2A: Possibility to Actuality – otherwise known in my house as how to make stuff happen.
Some people believe success is only for those with natural talent.  Other people believe success is ...

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My meeting with the rainmaker: David Bullock

January 4, 2010

Last year, I met the renowned social media expert and profit engineer, David Bullock. I was sitting at a sushi bar in a hotel in Orlando, Florida where I was attending one of the best internet marketing event EVER, and he showed up looking for food and and drink. ...

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My brief review of ‘outliers’

January 3, 2010

One of the ‘talked-about’ books of last year was Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. Here’s my take on it.
Gladwell is well-known for popularizing the research of others – you could say he is a marketer of facts that would otherwise stay hidden in scientific or psychological papers.  The focus of ...

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