Heads up, friends: All the good jobs involve writing and editing. You need to communicate well — in an essay, a blog post, or a tweet. (And this isn’t just marketing jobs. I just deleted 300 of 360 applications for an office manager job because they had weak grammar. There’s not a lot you can [...]
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There is a very fine line between swimming, treading water, and drowning
August 21, 2010
And they all feel pretty much the same when you start doing them. Entrepreneurs — remember Benjamin Franklin’s advice: Never confuse motion with action. (If you’re having trouble with this, read Rework by Jason Fried, with amazing illustrations by Mike Rohde.)
Newsletter #758: The “Make Great Friends” Issue
November 26, 2009
[Welcome back to the Damn, I Wish I Thought of That Email Newsletter. This is text of the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up using the handy form on the right.] You can’t have too many good friends. Whether in your industry or in your neighborhood, here are a [...]
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