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What do Google’s ever changing algorithms and Seth Godin’s new book, The Dip have to do with each other?

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Sometimes Mondays are difficult, usually when you feel there is a disconnect between what you do for money and what you feel deep down that you want to do.

Getting from where you don’t want to be to where you want to be is not always easy, but it’s fairly simple.

Let me give you a few steps that can help you…

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And the question was…

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I want to tell you about the most amazing self-help book I’ve ever read.

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I am remarkably inept when it comes to blogging. I can do two things correctly. I can write like a scalded dog. (Well, maybe not that good–but I think I can.) I can also think logically.

I had only learned about the existence of blogging just before last mid-term elections. I had never heard of social bookmarking.

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I was reading Wendy Piersall’s blog, emomsathome.com. She’s got a great post about what she would redo about her life if given the chance. She mainly focuses on two issues in her life.

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I really don’t like to listen to bad news unless I need to to know facts to keep myself and my family safe. If there’s a hurricane out in the Atlantic and I’m in a house on the coast, I want to know all the details–where it is, how strong it is, when is it going to make landfall.

I’ve tried not to listen to broadcasts about Cho Seung-Hui, the assassin at Virginia Tech. The story has gotten to me anyway. What strikes me about the media coverage is how they basically keep asking the question–how could this have been avoided? How can it be avoided in the future?

The answer is it couldn’t have been avoided, but so many lives did not have to be lost. Let me explain.

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Techgirl has a good post about confidence in her blog, The Optimised Life. She talks about a time when she was a girl and she was nervous about talking with others. Her mother gave her some great advice and told her not to think about herself, but to think about who she was talking to.

I’m always interested in new paradigms that help me better my life. It’s amazing to me how much power thought has.

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I got to tell you a story!

If you’ve looked at my bio, you’ll remember that I’m a high school teacher–math. This is a job I love, but that I’m outgrowing. Specifically, now it’s time for me to be an entrepreneur.

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I’ll be the first to admit, my children know more about some things than I do. Now, I’m not saying they’re smarter. They might be or they might not be. I’m a pretty smart guy. But then again, they’re my kids! I’m just saying they have a connection with wisdom beyond their years.

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