"Help others succeed." -Chris Patterson

1) Don't do it now. Every time something comes up that could be done in just a matter of seconds, stop yourself and wait until you have forgotten it. "Doing it now" is just too simple of a way to defrag all the clutter in your mind. Paying bills on time, calling people back immediately and writing down your tasks is ridiculous and counter productive to increasing stress in your life.

2) Assume your problems will get fixed without your help. A great way to add anxiety is to just simply a… Continue

"Yet, the best business model in the world is also the simplest: make stuff that's insanely great." - Umair Hague , Harvard Business Review



After reading this quote by Umair, I was thinking about all of the innovative and interesting people that I have met on inSocialMedia.com. There is a significant majority who either own an "Insanely Great" company or work for one.



I thought it would be fun if we could do some shameless self promot… Continue

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New data released earlier today by web analytics firm Compete.com reveals that there has been a major shift at the top of the web charts: Facebook is now larger than Yahoo in the U.S.

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Occasionally in the social blizzard of posts, comments and blogs I read something that sticks in my mind like an arrow. Maxine Clark, CEB (Chief Executive Bear) of Build-A-Bear Workshop recently connected with me on twitter. I read in her blog that she practices something called 1+1=10. Maxine explains, "That means that when two partners work together they come up with something 10X more powerful than they could accomplish alone."



I completely agree with Maxine on this. It is one of t… Continue