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Monday Morning Motivational - Find your “Acres of Diamonds!”

Today’s M3 (Monday Morning Motivational)TM is a short clip and harange about self-exploration.
The idea of self-exploration comes up again and again in success literature. The book First Things First by Stephen Covey is an excellent example (I used it to create my personal mission statement).
Another clear exhortation to examine oneself is found in the book [...]

Posted 07 December 2009 † taiyo johnson § Benjamin Franklin § Monday Morning Motivationals § stephen covey ‡ Comments (0) °

Lucky? Smart? A bit of the two

In one of my binders I had the following article about the founder of Tripod and his business startup adventure:
Luck or Smart?
My personal opinion (for what its worth) is that entrepreneurs are prepared. That is that they are prepared for the opportunities that are out there. They are prepared to take advantage of them and [...]

Posted 12 October 2009 † taiyo johnson § marketing examples ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

My recent projects, focus, and a refresher course

I have been quite busy lately with various projects for myself and clients.
I have a large online project that I currently maintain and I am launching an online marketing campaign for a new client.
I have three personal online marketing projects that I am working on. And I have two local marketing campaigns I am maintaining [...]

Posted 06 October 2009 † taiyo johnson § local § marketing § projects § seo § systems ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Apple’s Garage

This old article on Apple Computer’s original garage office has hung in my garage for a long time inspiring me.
Apple is a rather inspiring company. Steve Jobs in particular has always stayed focused on a strong vision for the company.
(sidenote: I like Apple the company and believe their products are much better than *cough* MS [...]

Posted 06 October 2009 † taiyo johnson § marketing § marketing examples ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , ,