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Are you Working Smarter? Harder? Longer?
1 Comment Published by John Seiffer September 3rd, 2007 in Attitudes, Personal, Productivity, CEO SkillsWe all know about working smarter not harder. But Seth Godin has an interesting insight that we often confuse working longer with working harder (or smarter).
Here are a couple of choice quotes (but you should really read the whole thing - especially on Labor Day).
None of the people who are racking up amazing success stories […]
The trip was wonderful. We went to London for history and Paris for food. London was fantastic and Paris more so. Partly because my wife’s cousin and her boyfriend are both architects in Paris (he’s a native) and they showed us around places that were (to use Matt’s words) really Frenchy. Places we would have […]
Owning your own business is one of the most amazing ways to get what you want. As long as you understand how the game is played, you get to choose things like where you live and work, what kind of work you do, who you work with, when you work. And oh yes, you get […]
I couldn’t believe it! Here is an article about how to improve your penmanship. If only Mrs. Ziefert had read this when I was in her 5th grade class. Excuse my little detour into the personal here but it’s always bugged me that I write so fast that even I can’t read it half the […]
What did you do in the Blizzard Daddy?
1 Comment Published by John Seiffer February 12th, 2006 in PersonalOn a Sunday while the last of 24 inches of snow was still falling on the northeast, I got in an SUV and drove to Best Buy. Yes it was open. And I bought a router so I could get more than one computer in my house on the internet. It was on sale for […]
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