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The best sixty seconds of my day

October 9, 2010 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

As I walked through an airport earlier today, it happened. Approximately fifty service men and women in loose formation approached me. As they walked through a large atrium full of people grabbing lunch and relaxing between flights - the clapping started. Then, everyone stood up and continued to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development Tagged With: airports, honoring, standing ovations, the best, troop

Flying by the seat of your pants

October 6, 2010 By Jim Raffel 4 Comments

Excessive planning often results in not enough of your work being shipped. Flying by the seat of your pants is the other extreme where you deliver work that may not be your best effort or well thought out. Neither extreme is in and of itself bad. The trick is to understand where on the continuum you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development Tagged With: continuum, excessive, extreme, fly, pants, planning, shipping

The Internet, get rich, just not quickly

October 4, 2010 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

The internet is just a tool. The same as a retail storefront or an office in an office building. All the shiny pieces of the internet like Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin and blogs are only as effective as the skill set of those utilizing them. If get rich schemes don't work in the offline world, why on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, motivation, personal development, Twitter Tagged With: Facebook, get rich quick scheme, online and offline, social media, Twitter

Be there for others

October 3, 2010 By Jim Raffel 8 Comments

You know that feeling you get when you smile at a person and they smile back? There's nothing quite like it is there? Most of the time a simple act like a smile is all it takes to be there for others. A friend posts a message on Twitter making it clear they are having a rough day. In 140 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development Tagged With: be there, coffee, friend, hug, human interest, laugh, Smile, Twitter

The harder you work, the more free you become

October 2, 2010 By Jim Raffel 4 Comments

Ever felt stalled because the project you are working on just seems stuck? Try finding other work to do so you can set the project aside temporarily. By not walking away from work entirely, more work gets done. Then, when inspiration for the big project hits, some of the mundane/boring work has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development Tagged With: appreciate, personal life, planning, time management

Reaching critical mass

October 1, 2010 By Jim Raffel 8 Comments

Do you find yourself wondering when all the hard work and nose to the grindstone attitude will pay off? Me too. I believe it's a matter of reaching critical mass. That state when events begin occurring at such a rapid pace that you realize something has changed and the fun is about to begin. Where … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, motivation, personal development, social media, Twitter, Writing Tagged With: blog, critical mass, grindstone, hard work, plateau, social media, Twitter

Inspire Me Project

September 29, 2010 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

I was recently interviewed for the Inspire Me project. Take a peek at the video below and then head on over to their site for some more mid-week inspiration. Katie has come up with three fun, yet insightful questions. 1. What inspires you? 2. What makes you smile? 3. What super hero would you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, new media, personal development Tagged With: insight, inspire me, inspired, questions, super heroes

Focus on you

September 25, 2010 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

Why? Because you can't change anyone else. Don't be jealous. You don't want to be like them. You want to be like you. Find your own way. Your unique approach to the world is what people find interesting. You're doing it right. Yes, you are and keep the focus on you by helping others. When … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development Tagged With: change, difference, focus on, happy, human interest, jealous, unique

Start at the bottom of the list

September 16, 2010 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

I find myself needing to refer back to Getting Unstuck Now more than I would like. Having observed other successful people, perhaps this is just what happens as you begin to take on more success-related projects. The project "to-do" list grows longer and longer. To get unstuck this time I took a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development, priorities Tagged With: business, business partners, getting unstuck, human behavior, management, projects, successful people, the list, time management, web properties

Success, more easily achieved

September 13, 2010 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

I've heard it said that the thing successful and non-successful people have in common is that they both hate doing the things required to be successful. The difference is the successful person does those things anyway. It's Work. The path to success is not particularly difficult. Many, many people … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development Tagged With: daily habit, easily, goals, success, successful, successful people

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