Want to Review My New Ebook — Lead by Morning?

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The other day, I mentioned that I’m launching a new ebook in the New Year. The New Year is here. And so is Lead by Morning: 365 Days of the Present Principle. Lead by Morning is a 365-Day morning motivational reader, aimed to help you get started on an excellent day. It’s based on my [...]

A Free Copy of My Ebook: The Present Principle

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Looking for a free copy of The Present Principle? Just enter your email address in the box below! In the New Year, I’ll be launching a new ebook called Lead by Morning. It’s a 365-day morning motivational reader aimed to get you started to greet the day. (If you would like to receive a free [...]

The Podcasting Tools You Need to Win

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In the New Year, I’ll be doing some rebranding on my Podcast, and doing so also means getting the best tools to do the job. After chatting with some folks for recommendations (including Erik Fisher, who interviewed me for his podcast, Beyond the To-Do List last month), I’ve come up with the best of the best [...]

Stop Yelling At People On Twitter (Social Media Pet Peeve #8)

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I’ve been doing a series of social media pet peeve videos, and today here’s another installment, this time urging you to stop yelling at people on Twitter. By yelling, of course, I mean sniping, snarking, and engaging in destructive online arguments with for all to see. Have you done that before? Well, stop. Here’s why.

Me (In 3 Minutes or Less)

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This week I’m excited to announce my new column over at Babble.com, entitled The Business of Being a Woman. I’ve long admired the fun, classy, light-hearted Moms over at Babble, and it’s fun to be writing for them. The first post, “All About Me (In Three Minutes or Less)“, went live, and, as the title [...]

More Reasons to Stop Talking About Yourself on Social Media

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Last week, I shared a social media pet peeve with you: Talking about yourself too much on social media. It’s easy to want to share when great things happen to you, but if you want to keep your followers interested in what you have to say, you have to mix that up with a generous [...]

Why You Need to Stop Talking About Yourself On Social Media (Video)

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I’ve got another installment of my Social Media Pet Peeve video series today, and this time I’m talking about why you need to stop talking about yourself on social media. Self-promotion on social media is a tricky business, and finding the right balance between tooting your own horn, tooting the horns of others, and sharing [...]

How to Use Doodle to Coordinate Schedules

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My girlfriends and I are in the midst of planning our annual reunion, and once again we’re using a nifty tool called Doodle to schedule it. Doodle is one of those cool little planning things I take for granted ever since I was introduced to it, but I realized recently that not a lot of [...]

Five Reasons to Be a Night Owl

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When I wrote my recent popular post, Five Reasons to Be A Morning Person, I could not have envisioned I would then go ahead and write the exact opposite article a week later. But alas, my mother had other ideas. When she received my newsletter in her email inbox (you have signed up, haven’t you?) [...]

Social Media Pet Peeve #5: Telling Inside Jokes

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Here’s another installment of my Social Media Pet Peeves video series. This time I’m talking Inside Jokes. Why you tell them on social media, why you shouldn’t, and what all those non-”insiders” think when you do. In short? Don’t do it. Online or off.