A Key To Sparking New Ideas And Thinking Outside The Box

I just got back from an awesome trip to Las Vegas for Blog World New Media Expo 2009.  I learned a lot and enjoyed connecting with many of my online buddies that I had never met in person (eg. Sean Platt, Maya, Michael Martine, and a few others who I hadn’t connected with until this trip like Charlie Gilkey, Naomi and Jamie Dunford, and Chris Brogan).  There were certainly more awesome bloggers and online entrepreneurs that I connected with, beyond the few mentioned above. Read more »

Living Your Passions: My Video Interview With Jun Loayza At Viralogy.com

I had the privilege to talk blogging, business and proactive living with Jun Loayza the other day on his blog Viralogy.com.  Enjoy! :-)

By the way, I’ve found Viralogy to be one of the best blogs for young entrepreneurs to learn from those who have ‘been there – done that’.  If you haven’t checked it out yet I would highly recommend it!

Eric

The Secret To Happiness | Community Insight

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When I look up at the title of this post I can’t help but think, “Secret to happiness?  Are you kidding me?”  The fact is, there is no secret, something I think we all know.  But I do believe that happiness is mostly a choice and the result of our mindset, focus and actions.  Last week I wrote about ‘How To Be Happy‘ and laid out my thoughts on things like purpose, values, faith, balance, helping others and so on.  I believe I laid out some key thoughts on the subject, but certainly didn’t hit every angle.  Thankfully, we have an amazing online community to help fill in the blanks.  So to expand on the secret to happiness I will share some of the great comments from last weeks post. Read more »

How To Be Happy

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Before I decided to tackle this particular post I first had to do some introspective thinking.  Before I felt qualified to talk about how to be happy I had to pre-qualify my own heart and mind.  Am I happy?  Do I really have insight that is worthy of the title, ‘How To Be Happy’?  Is there even a universal formula or is this something that each individual has to determine for themselves? Read more »

Thursday Rewind | Each Day Is What We Make Of It: The Power Of Positive Thinking

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EDITOR’S NOTE: This post was taken from the “Motivate Thyself” archives.

I met with one of my consulting clients, Sally, this morning to help her setup a WordPress blog site. She had been having trouble getting everything setup with the hosting company, domain, etc… She had taken the day off to spend it working on her new site. So everything in her plans were riding on the fact that we were going to be able to get it all setup by the time I left. Read more »