Reading Time: 3 minutesI sent the following email to a popular exercise instructor on Youtube. His website had a page listing his hourly rates for training and educational services. His company thanked me for the email and said they’d make my recommended changes immediately.
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Reading Time: 5 minutesSeptember kicks off another fantasy football season. I play in a standard-scoring, 12-team league on Yahoo with a few notable scoring changes: Kicker scoring is reduced from “3pts, 4pts, 5pts” to “1pts, 2pts, 3pts”. Receiving/Rushing touchdowns are ‘5pts’. Passing TDs are ‘4pts’. Points are lost for fumbles, not ‘fumbles lost’. Fumble recovery is random, so
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNote: This is an excerpt from my book, “No” Doesn’t Always Mean No. One of the biggest reasons teams falter is poor communication. When giving orders or directions to other people, one of the worst things you can do is be ambiguous. Do yourself a favor–devise clear and specific tasks and requests for others to follow.
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Reading Time: 5 minutesUneaten food is a big problem in restaurants the world over. Some have suggested that charging diners for uneaten food left on their plate can reduce costs for business owners, curb obesity, and stem world hunger. A punitive policy could be dangerous if restaurants don’t keep the end game in mind.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesIn a society where information capital is increasingly important, intelligent use of technology is a must. Those with specialized knowledge and quick access to resources wield an advantage over the population at large. You’d never store your cash in a box under your mattress (hopefully); that’s what banks are for. Treat intangible assets with the
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Reading Time: 2 minutesRound 1 of the 2013 NFL Draft is tomorrow. It’s something I look forward to every year. Here’s a good article on foolish draft moves from Bill Barnwell, of FootballOutsiders and Grantland fame: http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/58704/avoiding-dumb-mistakes-at-the-nfl-draft If 80 percent of success is just showing up, the other 20 percent is anticipating the game before we get there.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis article from The New Yorker pulls back the curtains on the college admissions process: http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/04/07/030407crat_atlarge? Louis Menand’s “The Thin Envelope” was published during the time I—and the rest of the high school class of 2004—was in the middle of the college application process, so it evokes a bit of nostalgia. The article reveals which
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Reading Time: 2 minutesCross-promotion of articles within a blog is one of the strongest generators of website traffic. One of the biggest shortcomings of the Tumblr platform is the absence of a feature highlighting ‘related posts’ on a blog. Something that steers readers towards content they may like based on what they are currently reading on your website.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s NCAA tourney time. If you want to win a big pool, you have to take some measured risks, especially if you pick a conventional favorite to win it all. In a year without a clear-cut favorite, it behooves you to make value picks that will separate you from the rest of the field. (And
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteantoinesylvia: Last year I showed you How To Protect Your Digital Life (http://antoinesylvia.tumblr.com/post/17491563747/protecting-your-digital-life), the base of the strategy has evolved since then. I will walk you through the steps and show you additional tricks to retrieve a stolen computer. I would also like to note, I will never claim to be a Mr.Know-it-all because I’m
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