“Let them fail. Children who have experienced defeat will build resilience and be more willing to attempt difficult tasks and activities because they are not afraid to fail.”
20 Secrets To Getting More People To See Your Facebook Posts
“A big piece of the organic reach puzzle is competition. You have to fight for the attention of your audience. Want to know the best way to always be ahead of your competitors? Find your differentiating factor and flaunt it. Both your visual and written content should stand out.”
How Digital Advertising Spun Out Of Control
“Facebook and Google’s advertising infrastructure is one of humanity’s most marvelous creations. It’s also one of its most terrifying, because, in truth, pretty much no one really understands how it works.”
Does Finding Your Dream Job Really Matter?
“There’s a lot of pressure in life to not only know what your dream job is, but to also succeed at doing it.”
10 Ideas For The Interested This Week
“Serendipity always rewards the prepared.” — Katori Hall
How To Make Your Next Blog Post Better
At the end of this post, I’ll show you how it began.
I can do that because before I decided to write it, I asked myself eight simple questions.
The answers to these questions clarify what my post will become, why I’m writing it, and who I want to read it.
I recommend you do the same for your next post because it helps you (and your readers) get more value out of what you write.
Here are the questions:
How To Get 1% Better Every Day
“If you were able to improve by one percent each day for an entire year and those gains compound, you would wind up 37 times better at the end of the year. Everybody wants a radical improvement and rapid success, but we fail to realize that small habits and little choices are transforming us every day already.”
You’re Fun And Creative, So Why Is Your Brand So Dull?
“Usually the brands that try to be professional are plain boring. The fact that something is not traditionally accepted doesn’t mean it’s not professional. If anything, trends are moving towards genuine connection, human-to-human marketing, and brands full of personality.”
You’ll Be Happier If You Let Yourself Feel Bad
“Emotions are naturally short-lived experiences and if we let them wash over us instead of trying to push them away these emotional experiences would actually pass relatively quickly.”
How You Can Run A Meeting Like Steve Jobs
“When Steve Jobs ran Apple, he had little patience for executives who screwed up. But that’s partially because he had a system to ensure his team was clear about expectations and responsibilities.”