Several years ago, I completed an international survey of over 20,000 business owners and leaders around the world. Many of the entrepreneurs I interviewed were millionaires, mostly due to their smart ideas, hard work — and time management habits. Yes, you heard me right. These moguls were so successful in part because they knew how […]
If you’re like me, you’ve had a moment where you thought your content was outstanding, in the true sense of the word – you really thought it stood out above the competition. Then you looked around and discovered your unique, original, and unmatched ideas were run-of-the-mill. Suddenly, you felt like you were attending the fourth-grade
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Multiple studies have shown that employees are happier and get more done when they have the option to work from home. Unfortunately, some bosses wrongly believe that employees are more productive when they’re all in the same physical area. Regardless of what your boss believes, its in your best interest (and your boss’s best interest,
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In previous columns, I’ve explained why working long hours is both counter-productive and bad for your health. After a certain point (around 52 hours a week on average), most people start making mistakes and bad decisions. For me personally, the “working too hard” threshold is much lower. In fact, when I’ve tried to focus on
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Editor’s note: You may have missed an earlier version of this article when CMI published it last year. We’ve updated it this year for your fall conference season. Conferences are not for the faint of heart. Whether you’re an introvert or extrovert … getting the most out of any conference is a challenge. It’s one
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When I say, “website design,” what comes to mind? Graphic design? Interface design? User experience design? How about analytics design? That’s what Andy Crestodina thinks of. Andy – who has provided web strategy and advice to more than a thousand businesses, and written the book Content Chemistry: The Illustrated Handbook for Content Marketing – encourages
