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From the monthly archives:

August 2008

Author of ‘100 Things to Do Before You Die’ is killed in fall

29 August 2008

Just shows you to live life now.
The man who co-wrote the best-selling adventure travel guide 100 Things To Do Before You Die has died at the age of 47.
Dave Freeman had visited half the places mentioned in his book whose recommendations included a voodoo pilgrimage to Haiti and running with bulls in Pamplona, Spain.
He died [...]

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Reversible business models

28 August 2008

I just finished reading this excellent post.  Here is a quote.
In China, some doctors are paid monthly when you are healthy. If you are sick, it’s their fault, so you don’t have to pay that month. It’s their goal to get you healthy and keep you healthy so they can get paid.
Shai Agassi of Better [...]

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Customer Satisfaction: Time is Precious

27 August 2008

I’ve noticed in Internet Marketing that many professional Internet Marketers are awful at customer service.  Some even remove people from their list and ban there IP address from their website so they can’t ever visit again.  If they did this with a restaurant they would lose everyone else to after the big “scene”.  Not professional [...]

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Traveling around the world

26 August 2008

My cousin Milena is traveling around the world and I just found out she is writing for her home town newspaper in the travel section.  She is going to write a book about it hopefully.
She has some rather funny bits and it’s worth a read.
Postcards Home from,,,, | mySA.com.

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Multiplying Output in Groups Plus

25 August 2008

Tim Ferris’ latest blog post is awesome.  So much content.  I love that.
The video is excellent on showing how employees can be more productive not just CEO and entreprenuers.  And the worksheet is going out to all my team.
There is a misconception that lifestyle design is just for entrepreneurs or CEOs.
In reality, the principles — [...]

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Richard Branson and the Super model

22 August 2008

Your story was so inspiring to me. I imagined that I would be shy about saying hi. I wouldn’t want to bother his time with his family, but he and his family enjoyed talking to you. Like minded people like hanging out together.
I want to meet Richard Branson also. So much so I created [...]

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Test for authenticity

21 August 2008

I was reading Seth Godin’s article about Real vs Slick and it my mind thought people resonate with real people.  They like authentic people.  That is why a lot of Internet Marketers are not highly thought of.  Kinda of like used car sales people.  People like real people.  Not flashy marketers but real people that [...]

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