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Limited or no Connectivity

by Drew on June 5, 2009

We’ve officially gone connection crazy. You can hardly blink without a new social networking gizmo sprouting up.  Are we spreading ourselves too thin by trying to stay connected? More often than not. The web can lead us to make mindless connections simply because, well, it’s easy.  The threshold of how valuable you are to me [...]

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Illusions of Charity Perpetuate Inaction

by Drew on March 30, 2009

This post is about the difference between the illusion of charity and actually taking action to make a real difference. (Disclosure: This may be classified as a rant. Proceed with caution.) Okay, here we go. Although I don’t use Facebook much these days, I log in occasionally to check in. Each time I have a [...]

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One Year Older and 10 Years Wiser

by Drew on February 4, 2009

After reading Tim Ferris’ book The 4-Hour Workweek, everything seemed so simple! Find your muse, eliminate waste, automate everything, and travel the world while money comes pouring in. I was fired up and ready to start building my fortune. In fact, I was so sold on Tim’s methods that I started a new company, Soccer [...]

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Comfortable Decisions Perpetuate the Status Quo (Part 2/2)

by Drew on January 27, 2009

In Part One of this post I hit on some really powerful concepts that I want to retouch for the sake of clarity. Humans possess a strong natural bias in favor of perpetuating the status quo. We are creatures of habit. It’s hardwired into our brains. Change causes us stress – which is the grown-up [...]

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Comfortable Decisions Perpetuate the Status Quo (Part 1/2)

by Drew on January 25, 2009

Human beings are wonderfully creative. Our minds offer limitless possibilities for change in business, education, and personal development – but there’s a problem. Our brains are hard-wired to avoid change. We are creatures of habit. Habits are easy. Habits keep us alive. The truth is, when given the choice, humans possess a strong natural bias [...]

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