The Unspeakable Power of Calm

June 1st, 2009 2 Comments

sunset-beachDo you ever feel frustrated by a sense of eternal restlessness, particularly when working on the Web?

There’s an endless ebbing, flowing ocean of content to navigate. It’s always raining and pouring more ones and zeroes, a downright deluge of data that never relents.

I know what it’s like to feel overcome by the flood of it all.

The streams and memes, the passwords and profiles, the alphas and betas, the announcements and contests and promotions.

Deadlines, deadlines.

Expectations and writer’s block and stat tracking and following the latest news from anywhere and everywhere all at once.

It’s miserable unless you force yourself to just calm down.

Oh, the unspeakable power of calm. Oh, the unspeakable power of it.

Can you do something for me? Just for a second?

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The Power of Selflessness

October 6th, 2008 4 Comments

Time is worth money.  But people are worth far more than time or money, and only by focusing on the first thing can you hope to redeem the most of the other two.
So, if you blog for professional reasons, I invite you to practice giving selflessly in your blogging.
It’s counterintuitive.  It’s paradoxical.  But it’s also [...]

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Business Blog Ally #3: How to Develop Hope

July 16th, 2008 12 Comments

Hope Holding Hands

This is part 6 of a 24-part series on good and bad business blogging attributes. Subscribe now to get updates for free. Thank you for supporting Visionary Blogging!

Do you ever lose hope regarding your business blog? Ever worry that business blogging may be wasting your time and money? Terrified of blog failure?

If so, you’re not alone. Many business bloggers experience despair to some degree. I sure have.

Here are some tips on how to develop hope in your professional blogging efforts and boost your blogging success.

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