I don't know about you, but I hate that cloudy film that seems to cover my car's headlights once I drive off the dealer lot. And I've been tempted in the past to buy "lens cleaners" from late-night TV "infomercials. They cost $20 for a little bottle. But this is way better: Toothpaste. No, I'm not kidding. Watch this video to see how it's done. It's easy, too. Just a little … [Read more...]
The Morning Rituals of our Great Creative Minds
In Tapping Into the Daily Ritual, Team Evernote talked with Mason Currey, author of Daily Rituals: How Artists Work. They found that all of our great creative minds had in common one important thing: Their morning ritual Now, some of these geniuses didn't even start their days until after Noon, but nevertheless, they had developed daily routines, or rituals, that helped them … [Read more...]
Five Things You Must Do to Make People Like You
Reprinted with permission from Internet Marketing Muscle. Or, How You Can Learn a Lot from a Dog We are all marketers. Whether you work at a job or own your own business, you are a marketer. You are constantly communicating the value of a product or service to consumers; and let's face it, most of the time, YOU are the product. You may have heard or read this before: … [Read more...]
How to Curate Content Like the Huffington Post
Many of the readers of this blog are writers, bloggers, content marketers, or some other type of person using and creating content, so that's why I'm writing this tip. I use content creation and curation to "fill up" this site. Most of the stuff I post is curated content, probably in the order of 8 or 10 to 1 (curated versus created). First off, let me explain what … [Read more...]
What Is a Should-Less Day and How to Use It
We live utterly crazy-busy lives. We wake up in the morning, rush to suck in some breakfast and coffee, get dressed, jump in the car, and go to work. Once there, we're faced with 259 emails, half of which are "urgent", and a boss breathing down our necks. You need a "Should-Less" day If you have kids, multiply the stress level by 4, and you know what I'm talking about. And … [Read more...]