Productivity

The Basic Guide to Blank Mind Meditation

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Meditation changed me for the better. It helped calm my mind from the chaotic noise of life, but even more from my own thoughts. This calm rippled over (and continues to ripple over) into other aspects of my life and helps me stay more relaxed and more fulfilled afterwards.

Blank mind meditation, which is also colloquially referred to as Zazen (even though that isn’t strictly correct), is a simple technique to clear your mind and bring calmness and relaxation.… Read the rest

Moving Your Client to the Cloud

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Moving to the cloud tends to be a daunting process for most companies. The majority of cloud providers want your business, the whole industry has matured, and the process ends up being easy once you know how to break it down and what to look for. Things are easier than they used to be, but it really doesn’t feel that way if you don’t know what to look for.… Read the rest

The 4 Hidden Dangers of Overplanning and How to Overcome Them

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Efficient planning entails being able to have an agile and adaptable solution to a problem. To know how to plan for the problem, you have to know what the problem is. What are you working with, what do you have available, and what’s off limits? These questions answer where to start and how to draw up the primary plan. But what do you do when the situation changes unexpectedly?… Read the rest

Channeling for Ghostwriting

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Ghostwriting is one of my favorite ways to write. While I may not own the final article, I own the process. My clients keep coming back for one simple reason, because I am efficient and can channel them and their essence in a way that fits their message using (what sounds like) their voice.

I might struggle to write my own articles, but I never struggle with a client’s article.… Read the rest

The Perfectionist’s Guide to Delegation

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As a perfectionist, I used to fail miserably at delegating tasks. From group projects in school to work earlier in my career. I tried to take on everything and manage every task I felt I could handle.

While this made lazier teammates happy, it took its toll. Capable people were left without enough work to do, and I became the bottleneck for many tasks.… Read the rest

Learning Vocabulary By Frequency

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Some words are more common than others. This very basic linguistic principle has been researched (warning: PDF) a lot. This research shows a correlation between frequency and vocabulary acquisition, but that was already something taken for granted as common knowledge.

If you ask most people who have successfully learned a language how they did it, they’ll tell you they hit a certain level, then began breaking the language down and targeting each part separately.… Read the rest