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Big Hairy Audacious Obstacles

May 7, 2012 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

I just returned from the Successful Online Business Conference (SOBCon) and I have far too many takeaways to even try and share them all in one post. Instead, on the drive home today I searched for the most significant takeaway; the one that will stay with me for the rest of my life. Big Hairy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development

The value of thinking

April 30, 2012 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

In business there are two main activities: thinking and doing. There is a tendency to place too much value on doing and not enough value on thinking. People like doctors and lawyers, who first and foremost we perceive as thinkers, bill for their services by the hour or procedure. Most value exchange … [Read more...]

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How a hiatus helped me get my groove back

April 23, 2012 By Jim Raffel

It's been about four weeks since I published a post here. I'm just going to spill why and hope it makes sense to you and that you can take a nugget or two away to use in your own life and business. At the end of March, I was overwhelmed. I'd bitten off more than I could temporarily chew and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development

Hiatus

March 28, 2012 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

You might have noticed that I didn't publish a post on this site last Friday or Monday of this week. There's a good reason for that. At the moment my schedule is what can only be described as "over-booked," and my content creation skills are required in other areas of my professional life. Letting … [Read more...]

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What is a disruptive innovator?

March 21, 2012 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

Awhile back my friend Michael Josefowicz introduced me to the term "disruptive innovator." The image with this post is Michael's tweet which I've repeated below. @toughLoveforx: @adaptivecoach So that is really cool cause -> @raffel is one my fav disruptive innovators on twitter... So what is a … [Read more...]

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Catching your breath and catching up

March 14, 2012 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

Late last month, I wrote "Keeping it together on the go." This piece is the flip side of that strategy. A few days ago after almost three weeks on the road, I returned home for a 10-day stretch. I didn't realize it initially, but I was tired. Step 1: Get Rested Working when you are tired is just … [Read more...]

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Time is irrelevent

March 7, 2012 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

A while back Shelby Sapusek shared a guest post on this site entitled "What to do when there's too much to do," and something she said in that post about tasks taking as long as they take caught my eye. She's right; as much as we want to predict how long a given task will take, all we are really … [Read more...]

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Zero in on your bullseye

February 17, 2012 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

What are you best at? If you are having trouble answering that question, your lack of an answer is holding you back from your ultimate level of success. Worse yet, if your answer is "multi-tasking," then you're quite likely a jack of all trades and a master of none. You're a handyman of sorts; not a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development

How making decisions polarizes your audience

February 15, 2012 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

How many of the people around you actually make decisions? I'm not talking about the small decisions like what to wear or what to eat, but the big decisions that matter. Political polarization In the White House, we have a president who made some big decisions since he was elected. The Governor of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development

What to do when there's too much to do

February 7, 2012 By Jim Raffel 7 Comments

Today, I offer up a guest post from my editor Shelby Sapusek. This piece was written earlier this month as we set out to launch SheHe Media and added a few clients at the same time. It's stayed just as busy and reading her post as I get it ready for publication has helped me keep it all in … [Read more...]

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