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    Archive for 2009/10


    Cut and dry ain’t cuttin’ it

    One of the points that came up in the Chamber of Commerce speech last week was looking at each day as a whole. When I take a moment to look at the context of all the other factors, what happened the day/night before, health, other responsibilities, state of my business, fun vs. mentally challenging appointments… [...]

    The Big Switch

    The time has come. It’s been many moons since the seed of weaning off the Microsoft Suite settled on the soils of my mind. The biggest challenge by far is Entourage, the program I’ve been using for email, schedule, contacts, long term notes, and ToDos**. [**side note: the Task manager is used sporadically. I still [...]

    Loving the luscious inner life

    Here’s a short list of the benefits of taking quiet time for self on a regular basis. What’s regular? Daily? Multi-daily? Whenever catching self starting to get tweaky or stressed? All of the above? Yes! Quiet time is a great habit to do on a regular basis, as needed, and whenever you darn well feel [...]

    The Simplifier #4.8 is Online

    The ninetieth issue of the Project Simplify newsletter The Simplifier, titled “The Natural Professional Goes to Realsville” is now archived on our newsletter archives page. (There is also an audio version of this newsletter, available here.) Here is a brief summary of the contents: 1. A Note From Shawn The Natural Professional Goes to Realsville [...]

    Audio Version of The Simplifier #4.8

    Here is the audio edition of our newsletter The Simplifier Issue #4.8 – “The Natural Professional Goes to Realsville”. Note: The links that are mentioned throughout this recording can be found in the web version of this newsletter. The audio in this is clearer than in past audio versions, but it’s also quieter, so you [...]

    There’s so much in a name

    The talk yesterday went well (South County Chamber of Commerce). It was the first public talk on the intro to the Natural Professional. One thing I hadn’t expected–and that was great information–was feedback on the name. There were some retired folks in the audience, so I was conscious of providing options that they could apply [...]

    From Paper World to Tweet-land

    Good morning, Monday! The week has barely begun and there’s already two things to report. report #1 I finally heard back from Mr. Agent who took The Natural Professional book proposal to the Frankfurt Book Fair. He reports back that it “created some interest among publishers”. Who knows. It’d be cool if it got picked [...]


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