Time for another set of 5 posts by some great bloggers who’ve answered the question, “What did I learn this year?” Thanks to these 5 submissions, $25 will be going to charity. We’re at $250 so far! Thank you to everyone who has participated! And there’s still time. The last day I’ll accept submissions is […]

With a couple of days remaining on the group writing project I’ve still got quite a few submissions to publicize. My original goal was 50 submissions for a total of $300. Including my own posts (I believe I’ve written 3 or 4 for the project) we’re now at $210. Not bad! We’re getting there! Feel […]

There are some obvious measures of success: fame fortune power groupies And I certainly wouldn’t throw a stick at any of those, but there’s more to success than that. When it comes to blogging, some will say “success in blogging is tied to your influence.” Influence is a form of power. And although there’s no […]

Here are 5 more submissions to the Group Writing Project where we all answer the question, “What I Learned in 2006? Carolyn Manning does her annual self-analysis. Her first point resonates very strongly with me: “No amount of ‘wishing it so’ will hurry a plan to its outcome.” She’s 100% right. Ted Demopoulos has some […]

Starting this week I launched a group writing project asking the question, “What Did You Learn in 2006?” The response has been amazing! I’ve posted 15 submissions already. Please take a look here, here and here. There’s a lot of great writing; people opening up, sharing their lessons learned, ranging from motherhood to business and […]

I can’t help but be inspired by the submissions people are sending in for this group writing project. I asked the question, “What did you learn this year?” People have responded with a whole host of different things. I’m thrilled I was able to inspire a little bit. More importantly, I’m thrilled that people are […]

People continue to submit great lessons learned for the group writing project, where we ask (and answer!) the question, “What Did You Learn in 2006?” Here’s some of the latest submissions: Char discovered the power of the blogging community. She has a great example of WordPress guru Lorelle finding her (as opposed to Char knowing […]

The results are coming in already. People are participating in the What I Learned in 2006 Group Writing Project. I want to make sure I highlight every post properly, so here’s an early batch of contributors: David Maister tells us he needs to stop changing his mind. David’s right on the money. It’s easy to […]

Talk to someone more successful than yourself Turn the music up really loud Take a walk Cry Meditate Read a great book Turn off the lights Tell someone about your killer idea Clean your desk Inspire someone else

Last week a good friend and I were chatting about where I see my business life going in the next year or so. I’ve got plenty of goals after all, including starting a couple of new businesses. I can’t remember the exact conversation but at one point I said something to the effect of, “I’ve […]