Monthly Archives: February 2008

Two Examples of Customer Service You Might Want To Avoid

These past few days here in South Africa have been somewhat dominated by the arrival of Mac-xine...yes, I have gone over to the dark side and have now purchased a black Macbook to replace my beloved Sony Vaio which has let me down one too many times recently by overheating and shutting itself down in ...

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Listening To Your Intuition & Trusting Your Blogging Instincts

In the days of old, it was our instincts which kept us alive and our intuition which helped a little too. Today we seem to be conditioned to ignore our instincts and instead behave as we're conditioned to behave, not as our own internal instincts might often be guiding us. Have you ever had something on ...

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Why I Don’t Bother With Blog Subscriber Stats

Ok that's a lie...I am interested in the subscriber stats for all of my blogs because it gives me an indication of certain aspects of each blog. Things like: Is the content compelling enough to make people want to stick around and read more? What sort of content do readers seem to like more versus less? Is it worth ...

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Was My Last Post True Or Am I In Denial Again?

I think I missed a point in the last post about why I haven't been blogging quite as regularly as before. Or maybe I was in denial again :-) One thing I have been feeling lately is slight boredom and tedium with the direction (or lack thereof) that many of the blogs I read and subscribe ...

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Getting Priorities Right

If you've noticed that I've been a bit scarce around here recently, you're right! Our internet challenges are continuing although we're now resigned to the fact that we just have to lump it and pay for the additional usage that comes with being "heavy users". But that's not the only reason I've taken my foot off the ...

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The Point About “The Secret” That Most People Miss

There's been so much stuff written about The Secret over the past few months that I'm not going to labour the point. There's one thing about it though that almost everyone misses (or at least those who try it once or twice then dismiss it because it doesn't work). Many people have talked about "action" being the ...

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Lessons in Productivity

How much more productive are you when you know your time connected to the internet is limited? (or you have to pay for every MB of data you up/download) I've often thought how much more productive I'd be if I didn't have constant access to high speed internet - and indeed my theory was proved correct ...

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One Month Down…

...eleven to go! I don't mean to alarm you but can you believe it's February already? That's one whole month of 2008 already gone and don't you just know that the rest of the year is going to fly by in a flash too? So for me it's a great time to already stop and evaluate where I ...

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