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40 Rising Bloggers Who are Heating Up This Summer

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If you’re looking for new blogs to read and great up-and-coming bloggers to know, you’re going to enjoy my list I’ve put together.

We would all love for the A-list bloggers to RT our stuff, recognize us, answer our questions, and join our network but the fact is most of them are too busy. We are just a blip on their radar.

Instead a cue from my friend and co-founder of Blogcast FM, Srini Rao, who has spent the last 18 months studying how online relationships are formed.

As Srini wrote in his guide to Relationship Marketing, which I have had the pleasure of reading…

“the power of people at your same level is far greater than you probably realize now.”

How to Get S*** Done in Half the Time

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If you’re still finding at the end of the day, week, or month you’re not getting as much done as you’d like, by the time you read this post, you’ll have a clear understanding why and how to fix it.

Too often you’ve been focused on the tasks you need to do to achieve your goals. The endless to do list. We’ve all tried them. Today let’s take a different approach to being more productive.

What you may have neglected are the behaviors that slow or distract you from accomplishing more.

A Sincere Thanks and How Can I Make Get Busy Living More Useful to You?

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I’ve been blogging seriously here for four months now. It’s not a huge accomplishment but it’s a good start. While this isn’t going to be a long traditional recap post (typically after a year), I do want to say a quick sincere, heartfelt thanks. At the beginning I didn’t know who would be reading my […]

Don’t Expect Others to Understand Your Big Hairy Audacious Goals

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Recently I had a conversation with my dad. He has relaxed more as he has gotten older. He always wears a worn out University of Florida Gators hat. He and my stepmom just bought a house in Las Vegas to move to when he retires. He loves playing three card poker. We gave him the first generation iPhone and he can take a photo with it. He loves going to Costco to eat free samples and won’t hesitate to go for seconds.

However, he is very old fashioned. Growing up for us it was always study hard, make good grades , go to a good college (Ivy league would have been nice). Being a doctor was acceptable (that didn’t happen either).

I know my dad is from the older generation so his idea of life is straightforward. School, graduate, job, marry, family, continue working, then retire. That’s how he’s lived his life so far and how he expects ours.

What Drives You to a Build a Better Life?

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If you are a regular reader to my blog, your outlook on life is different than the norm but in a special way. You don’t want life to be ordinary. You want life to be freaking extraordinary and lived with no regret.

Your friends and family may not understand your unconventional style.

Enjoy life now…are you crazy? Take less money but have more freedom…are you nuts? Take a year off and travel the world…why?

Don’t expect everyone to understand. Only you will truly understand.

What I Would Say to Myself 5 Years Ago and 5 Years from Now

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This is part of the a month long project called #Trust30. On their homepage they describe it as

“…an online initiative and 30-day writing challenge that encourages you to look within and trust yourself. Use this as an opportunity to reflect on your now, and to create direction for your future. 30 prompts from inspiring thought-leaders will guide you on your writing journey.”

For today’s question, I decided to share it. I felt this could inspire you to take a look at the question and find your own answers.

What would you say to the person you were five years ago?

What will you say to the person you’ll be in five years?