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Archive: December 2007

Why You’re Nobody Until You Have a Blog

Posted on December 31st, 2007 by Conrad in Blog Marketing, Self-Marketing, Success

Kind of a harsh title, isn’t it?

While of course we all have a lot of value without having to own a blog, the purpose of this article is to show you why no one will be able to see that value until you get with the program and start blogging.

High Expectations

As human beings, we are all governed by certain laws of the mind which limit us in various ways. One of those laws is that once we are conditioned to expect something, especially from ourselves and others, we tend to tune out all those who do not meet those expectations.

Look at it this way. Ten years ago, a cell phone was a luxury item, and very few people had one. Then, as cell phones became more readily available, more and more people began to get them. About five years ago, it was still acceptable to have a house phone line and use that for all of your calls, but the majority of people had cell phones by the early 2000’s.

Now, as 2008 comes upon us, everyone has a cell phone. I know 10 year olds with cell phones. I myself, as well as most of my young friends who are living on their own now, have opted not to even get a house line, and we strictly use our cell phones for our calls.

The point is this: in our current day and age, I think it is safe to say that you are considered a weirdo if you do not own a cell phone.

Isn’t that a strange phenomenon? Something that was considered rare and unnecessary ( and this can be applied to computers, business websites, etc.) only a short time ago, is now considered an absolute must-have for everyone in our culture. Now, we expect everyone to have a cell phone, every business to have a website, and so on……and if you do not have these things, you will be considered out of date, out of touch, and basically, less relevant in our current environment.

How This All Applies to Blogging:

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Modeling: How to Speed Up Your Success By 1000% or More

Posted on December 19th, 2007 by Conrad in Productivity, Self-Marketing, Success

Photograph by Ulises Jorge

No, this is not an article on how to quickly become America’s Next Top Model. All of you search-engine visitors hoping for modeling tips, please click ‘Back’ right now.

Now that we have gotten that out of the way, I want to talk to you about the other type of modeling; the type of modeling that can realistically allow you to perform up to or more than 1000% better than you would have without it. Read the rest of this entry »

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The 8 Methods I Used to Lose 35 lbs. In 90 Days

Posted on December 19th, 2007 by Conrad in Fitness and Health

Photograph by shapeshift

For the first 19 years of my life, I never had to worry about my weight. I was always athletic; I liked to swim, play basketball, and participate in other sports. I always had a great physique.

Then, unexpectedly, when I was around 19 years old, everything changed for me. I did not know why at the time ( I later found out that the cheap Chinese food lunches that I had been enjoying five days a week for the entire year had a whopping 1500 calories in them!), but I gradually started getting bigger and bigger, until one day I decided to look at the scale.

I realized that I had gained 45 lbs. in only one year!

In one short year, I had gone from a lean 170 lbs. (I am 6 ft. tall) to a lumpy 215 lbs.!

I have always prided myself on holding high standards, and I could not believe that I had let things get this far. I decided to hit the gym hard. I ended up getting back down to about 180 lbs., but then gained back another 20 lbs.

For the next 3 years, I would go on a rollercoaster ride of weight loss and weight gain (typical for many people). I would usually lose about 20 lbs. over six months, then gain it back over six months, and so on. Finally, in early May of 2007, I decided that I had to get serious about my health and staying in shape. Read the rest of this entry »

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How to Make Others View You In a Positive Light

Posted on December 19th, 2007 by Conrad in Relationships, Self-Marketing

Photograph by Amnemona

We all know the type of people who walk into a room and instantly raise the energy level. They get people talking and laughing, make others smile, and can easily get people to open up. These people are uplifting wherever they go, and always seem to get a great response from others, even people they barely know.

Conversely, we all know a person who can dampen others’ spirits just by being around them. When they enter a room, people clam up, become quiet and defensive, or are scared to speak for fear of criticism or ridicule. These people have few close friends, and are actually avoided by others because of their judgemental, gloomy, or aggressive demeanor.

Oftentimes, these two very opposite types of people are actually not very different at all. The main difference between them is often that the former understands a key rule in self-marketing, and the latter suffers because of ignorance of the same key rule. In this article, I will explain the vital self-marketing principle that I am referring to, and I will outline the three main ways that you can immediately work this law to your advantage in your professional and personal lives. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Top 5 Reasons Why Getting In Shape Is Crucial for Your Career

Posted on December 18th, 2007 by Conrad in Fitness and Health, Self-Marketing

Like it or not, your level of fitness is affecting your career.

Whether in a good way or a bad way, the people who are in charge of your future at your current place of employment are being influenced both subconsciously and consciously by your outward physical appearance. Their opinions of you are being directly impacted by your number one self-marketing tool: your body.

Although I hate to write articles like this because I fear they may come off as being incredibly shallow, the fact remains that one of the main focuses of this blog is self-marketing. I would not being doing my job of informing you how to better succeed in marketing yourself to the world if I didn’t tell you the hard facts about how your physical appearance is crucial to your success in our modern environment.

Trust me: your boss is taking the size of your gut into consideration when he decides whether to promote you or the guy in the next cubicle. Read on to find out just how critical becoming fit is to your professional well-being. Read the rest of this entry »

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Are You a Hard Worker or Just a Busy Worker?

Posted on December 16th, 2007 by Conrad in Productivity

Do you consider yourself to be a hard worker? What is your definition of hard work?

If you are like most people, you would answer with, ”Yes, I work very hard, every day”. I, too, used to consider myself to be a pretty hard worker.

That opinion of myself changed, however, as soon as I began to change my definition of hard work. I took a hard look at how my results were tied in with the different types of work that I performed, and soon learned that what I once qualified as ‘hard’ work, was not much more than ‘busy’ work.

So, what is the difference between hard work and busy work, you ask?

Hard work is work that has a big impact on your results and the level of your productivity. Busy work is simply work that keeps you ‘busy’ and may make you feel as if you are getting somewhere, but does little to affect your all-important results at the end of the day.

Here are a few examples of the characteristics of hard work and busy work, and what you can do to distinguish between the two and achieve a higher level of productivity: Read the rest of this entry »

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