Category: Thoughts
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A different way to do your New Years Resolutions
I’m writing this after I just completed my morning walk with a shit-eating grin on my face (proceeded by my dear-God-why Canadian cold shower). I just spent the past two weeks in the Caribbean. It was a fantastic vacation, but damn am I happy to be home. Gorgeous Islands I had a fantastic time. We…
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You NEED to Focus
This post is an extension of my previous post: Why we need to re-define failure. When I speak at events, I talk a lot about how a lack of focus will be why you don’t succeed. For success, you need to focus on one business and not try to pull off multiple things. You must…
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Why we need to re-define failure
One of my pet peeves has been how success/failure is treated as a binary event. You either succeeded or you failed. This is obviously absurd. Even ignoring that one man’s success is another’s failure, you can have different levels of success (if you think about it, success is the opposite of failure). How can we…
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How readability can make sure people actually read your content
What’s the easiest way to increase time-on-site, decrease bounce, and make it more likely people share your content? Readability. Readability: “The ease with which a reader can understand written text” Great content is irrelevant if it’s a pain to read. Most people who have a website rarely consider the typography used on their website –…
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Hi I’m Sol
I’m a curmudgeon. And I’m always cranky with something. Over the past year, my responsibilities with Examine.com have mostly dissolved into the ether. As I’ve outsourced myself with more and more competent individuals, I’ve been left with a fair amount of idle time to think upon what it is I want to do next. It’s…