How To Get Focused

The Three Online Wells of Knowledge

Why should you read this chapter? In an age of wiki’s, blogs and cogs, we’re presented with a surge of information. And the rate in which this information is presented hampers our ability to sift through the noise, and uncover knowledge. With the internet comes noise. Yet, I argue that knowledge can also be sifted [...]

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The Art of Focused Networking

Why should you read this chapter? You’ve heard it before that business is all about relationships–it’s all about people. This is only half truth. Researchers have found that success in business is 50% is about relationships; whereas, the other 50% is actually bringing something valuable to the table–it’s smarts. Too often, we focus on one [...]

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How to Live Without a Cell Phone

Why should you read this chapter? By learning about different methodologies of getting work done, and becoming more productive, you will learn how the act of giving up your cell phone allows you to focus on the most critical elements of your life. By ditching an item that serves as a constant form of distraction, [...]

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Focusing in The Face of Emotions

Why Should You Invest Time in Reading This Chapter? Life is filled with people. And with people come one thing: emotion. We are emotional beings. And emotions constantly drive our actions. This is both wonderful, and horrific. We possess both empowering emotions, and draining emotions. And if you don’t approach emotions in a focused, logical [...]

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Productivity Genius, Jared Goralnick, on Focus, Email and Blues Dancing

About Jared Goralnick Jared Goralnick’s job is to stay focused and stay productive. His ventures have been featured in a variety of publications including the Four Hour Work Week, WebWorkerDaily, Lifehacker and more. For the past seven years he’s run a niche technology business in Washington DC that delivers productivity training, document design, and document [...]

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What Writing Does For The Mind

Why should you invest time in reading this chapter? If your brain isn’t growing, it’s dying. The brain continually re-calibrates itself based on your inputs. No matter what age you are, your brain loses or grows neurons in proportion to your activities. It’s use it or lose it. Unlike any other organ in your body, [...]

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Interview with Seth Godin on Life and Linchpins

About Seth Godin In brief, Seth Godin is a bestselling author, entrepreneur and agent of change. Godin is the author of ten books that have been bestsellers around the world. His most recent title is Linchpin, which fills itself with lessons of art, indispensability and the concept of your lizard brain . He blogs here, [...]

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The Concept of Flow

Why should you invest time in reading this chapter? In this chapter we’ll analyze the concept of flow. We’ll first take a look at the historical implications of flow. Then, we’ll outline how you can can adopt the discipline of flow. As a result, you’ll be able to meet the goals you’ve always dreamed of [...]

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Leveraging LinkedIn For Results

Why should you invest time in reading this chapter? An overarching theme within this book centers on cutting out distraction, and using services and tools that actually have a purpose. Leveraging social tools in a focused matter, leads to one thing: results. There are certain fallacies and specific practices that you must employ to leverage [...]

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