Viaggio con Barbara 09-29-09
September 29, 2009
Traveling with Barbara Winter seems to be a lot more positive experience than traveling with me. I am known by a couple of people for the surprising number of clowns driving around in old minivans – full makeup and costume – I seem to attract, as well as odd people overly eager to tell their strange tales. Barbara seems to be able to attract wonderful encounters with interesting, caring people, even while flying. Read a couple of happy travel experiences here.
I bet I’m not the only person who has procrastinated and come closing to missing out on Barbara Winter’s very special offer of free shipping on orders for the revised and updated edition of her book Making A Living Without A Job. I just recently place my order for a couple of copies, and I plan to buy one the next time I visit the Barnes & Noble library.
Order directly from Barbara by October 1st and shipping is free. Buy an extra copy or two because you’re going to want to give one as a gift, and then you’ll loan one out and forget who has it and need another copy.
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Ken’s Mild Things 09-27-09
September 27, 2009
Ken Robert just returned from a vacation and he has a unique way of sharing pictures from his travels. The post is worth reading just to get to savor the poetic wit of the phrase he coins in the opening paragraph.
Apparently, being up in the mountains, he had one or a few of those mountaintop experiences and returned to the valley a little lost. I know it’s a common occurrence, but I have to say I’m grateful that I’m hearing other people talk about it lately, because it seems like I have a homestead in the “lost forest.” Read how Ken got his groove back, a straightforward model for all of us who want to move from rut to groove.
And as enjoyable as it is to read Ken’s Mildly Creative site, I was thrilled to read that he is going to post poems and sketches and other creative endeavors on his Ken and Paper blog once again. Mildly Creative was actually born there, as he developed and applied and learned about the value of doing something creative daily. Now he realizes there will be some creative overflow that doesn’t fit the focus of Mildly Creative.
Announcing the revival, he wrote, “Besides, I think everyone needs some place to go where they have no agenda, somewhere they can play and explore and simply be. This is my place.” Sounds like a play lab to me! Read his latest poem here and let him know what you think.
Godin 09-25-09
September 25, 2009
When I consult with people on steps to transition to self-employment and grow a small business, inevitably we hit some roadblocks when we discuss marketing. Even though I start with a simple, basic overview and the easiest, least expensive things to do, a lot of people get overwhelmed by all they have to consider and learn. I feel like the Grinch, stealing their Christmas. But after reading Seth Godin’s “overview” of questions to ask about your website, I can see that he’s the real Grinch! I’ve been a puppy dog Santa compared to him. But he’s successful because he knows the right questions, like Things to ask before you redo your website.
Sometimes the only thing to move more slowly than a corporation is a non-profit corporation. “When was the last time you had an interaction with a non-profit (there’s that word again) that blew you away? …if you don’t have a ton of volunteers happy to help you, then you’re not working on something important enough.” Seth challenges that head-on in The problem with non.
New media opened the doors for small businesses and solo entrepreneurs to get in the conversation with lots of prospects for a very low cost. Seth Godin sees this is part of a paradigm shift where marketers will build their own platforms instead of using those of the entertainment media.
The platform vs. the eyballs
Pterodactyls On My To-Do List
September 23, 2009
This is an experimental style of post for me. While I was planning and writing an article with a focused topic for my Burger Bites series about coaching, lots of “extra” ideas were spilling over. I was sure they didn’t fit in that article because they were tangential and even random. What better place is there for me to be tangential and random than this blog? It’s my playground and laboratory, my “play lab,” where I can mess around with concepts like psychological gravity and psychic density.
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