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The problem with “work/life integration” is semantic, and it’s big. Your brain expects words separated by slashes to be opposites, like: Yes/No True/False Happy/Sad Or, like: Work/Play Life/Death Maybe it’s just me, but when I hear a sentence in which “work” is juxtaposed with another concept, I automatically expect that concept to be “play.” Similarly, [...]

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The other day, I posted about “Always tell the truth” and other lies my parents told me. These were lessons that turned out to be more complicated than they seemed. Today, I thought I’d focus on the things I learned that have remained true through adulthood: Life’s not fair. True that. Some people exist just [...]

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In the real world, for a long time, it was relatively easy to pretend that life could be broken down into “professional” and “personal,” and never the twain should meet. You went home and thought “family;” you went to work and thought “coworkers.” Life was like a McDLT, with the hot side hot and the [...]

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I’ve been cleaning up Vince & my upcoming book, Beyond Social, and struggling a bit to manage the creative process while also staying on top of my day-to-day responsibilities. If you’ve got a million little projects in your life + one big thing that demands your full attention, you may find it helpful to hear [...]

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You’re busy. You’re stressed. And it’s time to bring your A-game. Here are 10 tips for getting yourself grounded, focused, and ready to crush: Breathe. It doesn’t get any simpler than this. Breathing slows things down and gets me past that fight-or-flight instinct so I can get focused. Take a shower. For best results, I [...]

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Last year, I wrote a post about operating in a “profersonal” world. (Thank you, Willy Franzen.) I have used this term now every single day, multiple times a day, for the past three weeks. I started using this word because social media has finally nailed shut the coffin on this myth people like to believe [...]

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Do you hate something about the place where you live? Are you stuck and unable to change it? Then you need to watch this:   Enjoy this blog? Listen to my new podcast, Beyond Social.It’ll help you use social media to improve the way you work and live.

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