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Re: Perfection vs. Efficiency

Mark - Productivity501 — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:20:56 -0000

@Chris - I'm glad you liked the graph.

Re: 10 Steps to Break the Credit Card Habit

Mark - Productivity501 — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:23:34 -0000

I had never heard about credit card companies moving people to higher transaction fee cards if they weren't making money with them. I have noticed that my rewards points are only worth about half of what the use to be.

Re: Personal Income Statement, March 2008 (Net Income: $9,257)

Mark - Productivity501 — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:34:40 -0000

I would look for ways to generate traffic outside of Google. Your RSS readers are a good start. Some type of email newsletter is another option. The trick is to turn visitors from Google into some type of connection that exists even if the Google traffic goes away.

If your Google traffic dropped off you might take a close look at which part dropped. Perhaps you lost your ranking for a particular keyword and with a little effort you could get it back. Perhaps you were ranking for some type of seasonal term that will be back again next year. If you can determine the cause, you may be able to find ways to insulate yourself from changes in the future.

Re: What Google Can Teach Us About Self-Image

Mark - Productivity501 — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:34:01 -0000

Always act like you know what you are doing.

It is my understanding that they teach doctors this in med school. The idea is that it is going to be much more difficult to help patients get better, if they don't think their doctor knows everything.

Re: How Do You Know When She’s the One?

Mark - Productivity501 — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:43:57 -0000

I know a guy who runs a bunch of marriage seminars. He contents that a successful marriage is less about marrying the right PERSON and more about doing the right THINGS.

While you can marry someone who is difficult to get along with--most people fail in their actions after marriage. Often both parties turn into jerks. :)

Re: Thing to Remember When Your Kids Are Driving You Frickin’ Insane

Mark - Productivity501 — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:42:30 -0000

My 16 month old hasn't started asking "why". I'm actually looking forward to that stage a bit. :) My mom is looking forward to it. Evidently I asked "why?" for about 3 years straight. and she wants to see what I do as the parent. I've been looking at buying a copy of an encyclopedias in preparation.

Re: Why Do They Still Make Phone Books?

Mark - Productivity501 — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:12:49 -0000

I tend to agree, but there are still a lot of people who use them. I live in a small enough town now, that the phone book is only about 1/4 inch thick and I've actually used it to find people that weren't available on a Google search.

Re: Can Virtual Assistants Make You More Productive? An Experiment

Mark - Productivity501 — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:21:22 -0000

Interesting. I may have to look into Timesvr. I have had good luck with hiring a local non-virtual assistant. What I found with a VA in India is suddenly I was doing all the physical things like running to the store, etc.

Re: Why it probably isn’t worth using .Mac/MobileMe

Mark - Productivity501 — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:43:55 -0000

I've used .mac and most of the other services you mention for quite a while. Where .mac really shines is when you have multiple computers running OS X. My assistant and I share the same address book (which we could do with Plaxo), but I can also take a peak at her screen from my computer anywhere in the world using Back to my Mac. In the same way I can connect to her hard drive and vice versa.

For me the .mac account is well worth the small expense--even if I could get similar functionality for free using a bunch of other components. The easy of use is hard to beat and having a reliable system is worth quite a bit.

Re: Why it probably isn’t worth using .Mac/MobileMe

Mark - Productivity501 — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:43:55 -0000

Re: The Alternative Productivity Manifesto

Mark - Productivity501 — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:32:42 -0000

I find that the people who are truly productive tend to start their own companies in order to take advantage of their productivity. If a computer programmer is 10 times more productive than his co-workers he probably will not earn 10x the salary of others. However, if he starts his own company his pay is tied to his performance.

Re: The Alternative Productivity Manifesto

Mark - Productivity501 — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:32:42 -0000

Re: Link Dump: More Evernote, Less Paper, Shaving Bears, and More!

Mark - Productivity501 — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:19:18 -0000

Great quote! "Activity" is such a dangerous thing because it makes you think you are doing something--even if your progress is very slow or non existent.