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Do you doubt your competence?

June 28, 2011

Share Your peers are not your customers. I’ve posted this statement on the wall in front of me. On notes beside my computer. On my computer screen wallpaper. I repeat it to myself all the time. Like a chant. A mantra. And still I forget. I’m surrounded by brilliant people My email and Twitter stream [...]

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What the hell am I doing?

September 27, 2010

ShareAs so often happens…a number of events or ideas ganged up on me came together and gave me some insight. 1. I failed my accountability experiment I said I would write 3 posts a week in September. As an experiment in doing what I said I’d do. In keeping promises to myself. And here I [...]

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Accountability and getting stuff done

September 13, 2010

ShareI don’t wanna write a blog post today. And I’m doing it anyhow. Because I committed to writing a post every Tuesday morning about what I’m going to do for That One Damned Phone Call on Wednesday morning. I’m testing the theory of public accountability. To see if it works. Because what I’m doing now [...]

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Creativity comes in waves

July 19, 2010

ShareI do believe that awareness, paying attention, mindfulness…whatever you want to call it…is the key to personal growth. I wrote the following post back in April. I was riding a cycle of high creativity…and I was aware of it. I was also aware that it would come to an end, and I wrote this post [...]

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Social media anxiety and the 7 link challenge

July 15, 2010

ShareI’m not just shy in real life. I’m also shy online. In the interests of busting through my social media anxiety, I decided to participate in the Problogger 7 Link Challenge. What’s so scary about that? 1. I’m admitting to reading problogger. And thus revealing my aspirations to become a serious (or even, dare I [...]

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Taking action on the stuff that scares me

July 13, 2010

ShareA few months ago, I asked my friends on Facebook to describe me. I was surprised to see the words brave and courageous show up in their assessments. Shocked even. Because I’m the world’s biggest fraidy cat. share:Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itTell a friend

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