Sometimes things happen that throw our plans out the window. I had one of those times after work yesterday. Driving home on the highway I heard a loud bang, and felt the steering wheel shake once. Right away I knew. Blow out. Sure enough. I pulled off to the side and the right front tire … Read more about Not As Planned
Success Principle #15 – Unintended Consequences
Everything choice we make has consequences. And the place we find ourselves in life is simply a direct result of all the choices we've made, large or small, added together. Successful people realize this fact and strive to make their choices wisely. Many other people instead choose to ignore … Read more about Success Principle #15 – Unintended Consequences
Mega List of Success Tools
You've got to check this out. Char and Dawud (talk about two people with cool names - they might end up there with Sting and Bono one day!) have put together an incredible list of 164 Essential Tools for Online Success. Take a look at just some of the categories of the tools they've found … Read more about Mega List of Success Tools
CREEating Value – 27 June 2007
CREEating Value It's been a while but we're getting back on track with this feature here at SuccessCREEations. Periodically I go through my feed reader and pull out a few gems that bring value to you as a business blogger. With over 80 million blogs out there finding a few that are worthy of … Read more about CREEating Value – 27 June 2007
Success Principle #14 – Master Your Addictions
My Addiction I like coffee. I drink lots of it. Potfulls. Mass quantities. These days the perfect cup is a nice mild blend with a little half and half and a teaspoon of raw sugar. Or, if I'm feeling especially healthy, perhaps a bit of Stevia instead of the sugar. I like the smell. The … Read more about Success Principle #14 – Master Your Addictions
Check Other Browsers When You Change Your Theme
It's been a long weekend, thanks in part to a silly mistake. I had the luxury of an entire day on Saturday to work on the computer. It is rare these days that I have such a big block of time available. I had been scheduled to work on Saturday as second on call, which lately means lots of ship … Read more about Check Other Browsers When You Change Your Theme
Sunday Morning Goodness – 24 June 2007
Just poking around my feed reader this morning and there is so much great stuff out there you oughtta see. For example, First off, Seth Godin thinks you should be blogging, even in you only feel like you have one post in you. Steve Farber pulls up an old article of his about a Kit-Kat Tale … Read more about Sunday Morning Goodness – 24 June 2007
Business Blogging Success Story – Selling a Dog of a Movie to Hollywood
Gorgeous and I both like Sci-Fi. Our Tivo is set to record the Sci-Fi channel's Friday night line up of Doctor Who, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, and Battlestar Galactica when they are in season. Have been for years. So when I got the usual monthly (or so) email from Twitter that had a … Read more about Business Blogging Success Story – Selling a Dog of a Movie to Hollywood
Open Wikis – Great Idea that Doesn’t Really Work
43 Best Blogs is Dead. At least it is for me. For now. It was a great idea: Set up an open wiki to showcase the best blogs on the web. With it open, anyone can edit the list at anytime, adding in the blogs they think best, deleting those that they don't feel measure up. In theory by … Read more about Open Wikis – Great Idea that Doesn’t Really Work
WordPress 2.2 is Hard on Existing Themes
I like the latest and greatest. I'm all about shiny and new. But the latests version of WordPress is just out of reach for me right now without some theme surgery. I tried to update my personal blog to WordPress 2.2 a little while back and ran into a problem. Everything looked OK on the front … Read more about WordPress 2.2 is Hard on Existing Themes
Where Does He Go?
For those of you who wonder where I go when I seem to disappear for a couple days, I thought I'd share a couple photos I took at work around midnight last night. I had a heck of a time getting my little camera steady enough to get decent shots. Eventually I found something to set it on that … Read more about Where Does He Go?
Promote Your Business Blog with Pings
When I hear someone talking about pings for some reason I think about those World War II submarine movies where the sweaty greasy sailors are as quiet as they can be staring at the bulkheads around them listening to the sound of the enemy hunting them. Ping... Ping... Ping... But there is another … Read more about Promote Your Business Blog with Pings