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Sunday?s Speedlinking 3-09-08
2008-03-09 12:00:00 Here are this week’s goodies from around the web. Happiness: The Group Writing Project Step Lightly A Question of Perspective Know The Ledge Life By Design Four new participants this week, check them out. You can participate in the Happiness Project, get the pleasure of answering these questions, as well as 2 links back to your site. For details visit Happiness: ... More About: Networking , Sunday
10 Curiously Strong Ways To Declutter Your Car
2008-03-07 16:00:00 For years my car has looked like a cross between a mobile dorm room and a pile of trash. Between piles of books, papers, pizza boxes, and random things that belong in a garbage disposal my car was becoming a less and less friendly place to be. One day I developed a system for keeping the ... More About: Productivity , Strong
Seven Simple Habits To Kiss Smoking Goodbye
2008-03-06 15:00:00 Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from fruitful time A couple of days ago I met a friend of mine at a local cafeteria for a chat. At one point we started talking about habits. My friend confessed that he smokes 30 cigarettes a day and has tried several times to quit smoking but every ... More About: Health , Kiss , Habits , Productivity , Smoking
What Can A Dentist Teach You About Business, Life And Success?
2008-03-05 15:00:00 As you may or may not know, one of my goals is to become a 5th generation dentist in my family. This is the reason why I was first attracted to Dr. Joe Capista’s book, What Can A Dentist Teach You About Business , Life & Success ? You may remember Dr. Capista from last week’s Happiness ... More About: Book Review
Plan For A Perfect Relationship By Determining Your Non-negotiables!
2008-03-04 15:00:00 The problem with dating today is that it can be very superficial. People find themselves attracted to looks, money or status, but they often overlook the other, more important things that hold relationships together. Eventually this oversight ends up being unavoidable, which is one of the factors that influences the huge divorce rate world wide. It’s ... More About: Relationships , Relationship , Perfect , Plan
Life Design Experiment
2008-03-03 14:00:00 In my effort to make Life Design an ongoing experiment, I actively tweak and optimize my thoughts, behaviors, and ultimately my life by forging new habits. The beauty of this system is that it is extremely simple, yet it delivers results that are life transforming. Life Design Experiment (LDE) is a system for being the type ... More About: Productivity
Happiness Project (contest Winners And More Participants)
2008-03-02 20:00:00 During the month of February, I hosted the Happiness Project . A series of interviews on non-other than the subject of happiness.The possibility that I created for this project, is that everyone who participates, and reads these interviews will be left inspired, empowered, and happier than they were before. Judging by the enormous response from ... More About: Contest , Winners
Happiness: The Group Writing Project
2008-03-01 15:00:00 In the month of February 2008 I had the opportunity to interview 34 amazing people on the subject of happiness. The possibility that I created for this project, is that everyone who participates, and reads these interviews will be left inspired, empowered, and happier than they were before. What made this project so exciting is ... More About: Writing , Project , Happiness , Group
Happiness Project: Dr. Joe Dimaggio Of Landmark Education
2008-03-01 00:00:00 The happiness project would not be complete without an interview with Joseph J. DiMaggio, MD., a former oncologist and senior forum leader at Landmark Education . The reason I say it wouldn’t be complete, is because while I was on the phone with Dr. DiMaggio, he explained that for over a year he led a research ... More About: Project , Happiness
Happiness Project: Jenny Mannion Of Heal Pain Naturally
2008-02-29 18:00:00 The first time I met Jenny Mannion we were at the Steve Pavlina meetup in NYC. That’s the first time I’ve met her in person anyway, I’ve talked to her via e-mail several times before, so she was the first person I talked to when I got there. Jenny’s story is quite extraordinary, because she has ... More About: Project , Happiness , Pain , Naturally
Happiness Project: Neil Selden - Life Coach And Movie Director
2008-02-29 00:00:00 Neil Selden and his wife Lee are currently wrapping up their first feature film, FINAL GIFTS, written and directed by Neil, produced by their company Wayhaven Productions.Based on historical events and real people, FINAL GIFTS tells the story of two courageous women-a Salvadoran peasant and a Jewish doctor–who fought against fascism in different wars ... More About: Movie , Life , Project , Happiness
Happiness Project: Jonathan Fields Of Awake At The Wheel
2008-02-28 18:00:00 Jonathan Fields is?a giddy dad, husband, New Yorker, multi-time health & fitness industry entrepreneur, recovering S.E.C./mega-firm hedge-fund lawyer, slightly-warped, unusually-stretchy, spiritually-inclined, obsessed with creation, direct-response copywriter, small-biz and online marketing-maven, speaker, entrepreneur-coach, yoga-teacher, columnist, author, once-a-decade hook-rug savant and blogger?gone wild at Awake At The Wheel . Jonathan is an interesting case of ‘getting it’ via tragedy. ... More About: Project , Happiness , Jonathan
Happiness Project: Steve Olson Of People Pursuing Freedom
2008-02-28 00:00:00 Like many of us Steve Olson is on a quest to find personal freedom. Since both Steve and his wife Christine are on this path, Steve often shares both of their discoveries. While Steve does not think personal freedom is necessarily a destination, through persistence the journey that he calls personal freedom can grow indefinitely. Somebody ... More About: Freedom , People , Project , Happiness
Happiness Project: Tony D Clark Of Success From The Nest
2008-02-27 18:00:00 This creative cartoonist really has had a great deal of success working from his nest. Freelancing since his early 20s, Tony D. Clark has been a freelancer for nearly 15 years. This freelancing stuff has led Tony to develop a jewelry business, web design company, independent software development, instructional design, and now the building and ... More About: Project , Success , Happiness , Nest
Happiness Project: Craig Harper The Motivational Speaker
2008-02-27 00:00:00 Craig Harper (B.Ex.Sci.) is the #1 ranked Australian Motivational Speaker (according to Google). He is a qualified exercise scientist, author, columnist, radio presenter, television host, blogger and owner of one of the largest personal training centres in the world. Craig provides hundreds of life lessons on his blog at Motivational Speaker blog. It should also be ... More About: Project , Happiness , Craig
Happiness Project: John Wesley Of Pick The Brain
2008-02-26 18:00:00 John Wesley is commander and chief of the wildly popular personal development website called Pick TheBrain . PTB is a product of John?s passion for reflection and personal growth. He holds a BS in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia and enjoys reading, technology, and surfing the web in his free time. Some of Pick The Brain’s ... More About: Project , Happiness , John
Happiness Project: Dr. Joe Capista - Dentist, Author, Public Speaker
2008-02-26 00:00:00 Dr. Capista has owned and operated Williamsburg Dental, located in Broomall, Pennsylvania for over 30 years. He has successfully built a profitable, multi-million dollar practice by combining his passion for dentistry, extensive business knowledge that includes sales, marketing and extreme customer care while maintaining a life of balance. He also combines very spiritual principles to ... More About: Speaker , Public , Project , Happiness , Author
Happiness Project: Jay White Of Dumb Little Man
2008-02-25 18:00:00 Editor’s Note: This is an autobiography from Jay White himself. My name is Jay White and I am nothing more than 32 year old family man from Chicago. I work for a living just like most of you and have the same pains - raising a family, housing costs, stress at work, etc. ... More About: Project , Happiness , Dumb
Happiness Project: Week 4 Lineup
2008-02-25 12:00:00 This is the week 4 lineup of the Happiness Project series of interviews. Monday: Jay White of Dumb Little Man Dr. Joe Capista - Dentist and Author Tuesday: John Wesley of Pick The Brain Craig Harper the Motivational Speaker Wednesday: Tony D. Clark of Success from the Nest Steve Olson for People Pursuing Freedom Thursday: Jonathan Fields of Awake At The Wheel Neil Selden - ... More About: Week , Lineup
The Secret Is Out! Happiest Nation In The World Discloses Everything
2008-02-23 16:00:00 In the United States, one of our constitutional rights is the pursuit of happiness. Strangely enough, despite this being a national goal, the U.S. ranks #23 in happiness according to research. The #1 spot belongs to Denmark. I would have expected a nation with tropical weather, more money, better health, or at least better ... More About: World , The Secret , Nation , Secret , The World
Happiness Project: David Seah Of Better Living Through New Media
2008-02-22 18:00:00 Dave Seah tends to write about four general areas: design, development, inspiration, and self-empowerment. He’s turned on by people making things and making positive changes in their life in the face of doubt and uncertainty. Since he often finds himself in the position of uncertainty, he investigates and writes about productivity. In fact, Dave created some ... More About: Media , Living , Project , Happiness , David
Zen Habits Handbook For Life Review
2008-02-22 09:44:00 Leo Babauta of Zenhabits has done it once again when he unleashed his second ebook Zen Habits Handbook for Life . You may remember when I reviewed his first ebook, Zen To Done, which had many invaluable productivity principles I use to this very day. This time Leo tackles the simplicity, productivity and happiness aspects of life ... More About: Book Review , Review
Happiness Project: Dustin Wax Of Lifehack
2008-02-22 00:00:00 Dustin M. Wax teaches anthropology and women?s studies in Las Vegas, NV, where he lives with his partner, her children, and three too many dogs. His academic work focuses around the closely related topics of anthropology in the Cold War and sexuality in American culture, one of which is the subject of his forthcoming book ... More About: Project , Happiness , Lifehack
Happiness Project: Leon Ho Of Lifehack
2008-02-21 18:00:00 Prior to working on Stepcase full-time, Leon Ho was Manager of Software Engineering at Red Hat, responsible for the internationalization deliveries in Red Hat products. Leon managed a team across regions in Australia, Japan, China and India. Leons division added support of 22 languages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and migrated new internationalization technologies into ... More About: Project , Happiness , Lifehack
Happiness Project: Jeremy Schoemaker Of Shoemoney
2008-02-20 18:00:00 Jeremy “Shoemoney” Schoemaker is one of the ‘big three’ money making bloggers on the ‘net. His computer savvy career all started with a simple apple computer in the 1980s. He went on to create an internet gaming business while attending college, and the successful ShoeMoney Media Group. Shoe credits much of his success to his lovely ... More About: Project , Happiness , Jeremy
Happiness Project: Neil Patel Of Quicksprout
2008-02-20 00:00:00 As you can see by this picture, Neil is holding an American Express ‘Black Card’, which is usually reserved for rich people, and celebrities. How does a young guy like Neil get his hands on a no-spending-limit credit card? His company is so impressed with his skills, that they opted to give him one! Neil Patel’s ... More About: Project , Happiness
Happiness Project: John Chow Of John Chow Dot Com
2008-02-19 18:00:00 John Chow is the founder of TTZ Media, and the man behind John Chow dot Com. His focus on the internet is to make money online, and he’s very successful at it. John makes +$30,000 per month from his blog, and much more from TTZ Media. John is known as a family man, as he frequently ... More About: Project , Happiness , John
Happiness Project: Darren Rowse Of Problogger
2008-02-18 18:00:00 If you are both a blogger, and have an internet connection, than I’m almost certain that you have heard of Darren Rowse . He is the worlds premier expert on blogging, and one of the top money makers in the blogging world. He has written literally thousands of articles on everything from traffic generation, blogging for ... More About: Project , Happiness
Happiness Project: Week 3 Lineup
2008-02-18 12:00:00 This is the week 3 lineup of the Happiness Project series of interviews. Monday: Darren Rowse of Problogger Tuesday: John Chow of John Chow Dot Com Neil Patel of QuickSprout Wednesday: Jeremy Schoemaker of Shoemoney Thursday: Leon Ho of Lifehack.org Dustin Wax of Lifehack.org Friday: Dave Seah of Better Living Through New Media ____ To get more info about what the Happiness Project is and isn’t, please ... More About: Week , Lineup
Own A Blog? Don’t Miss This Event!
More articles from this author:2008-02-17 12:00:00 Last year I went to SOBCon, the successful and outstanding blogger conference. The experience was invaluable to me, in terms of raw information about how to improve this blog, and as far as networking with some really amazing people. SOBCon attracts not only the friendliest, but I would say the most elite bloggers in the sphere. You get to listen to some really cool presentations, works hands on in groups, network your heart out during several breaks and have a weekend full of fun and learning. For more information, I want you to go directly to the SOBCon website, and take 1 minute to look around. They do a great job telling you how it was last year, and what to expect from this coming year. Once you checked it out, and decided that it’s at least worth thinking about, than I have a special treat for you. I am going to be giving away a free ticket to SOBCon. That’s right, you can go, free of charge. Can you afford NOT to go at that price? I will be hosting the contest in ... More About: Event , Blog , Miss 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |



