July 16, 2010

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The Luggage Conundrum (or How I Chose a Travel Bag)

For a traveler, a bag is like the hermit crab’s shell. It’s the last line of defense for your most valuable assets (besides body parts). Many people will give you advice when choosing a travel bag. People, who know lots, people who know little. The salesman, the taxi driver, colleagues at work and your mother. [...]

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June 17, 2010

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What Drives People? Money? Passion? Purpose?

Great speach from Dan Pink on what drives people. Click here if you cant see the video. Dan Pink – Drive Takeaways: - Money is a great driver for repetitive quantifiable activities - Money is not the best driver for creativity - People are more inclined to do things because of purpose, mastery and a [...]

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June 14, 2010

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How to Move (migrate) your WordPress Blog to a New Doman and Host

A blog is becoming a pretty standard tool for those looking to do…. anything really. There are so many stories of product launches, networking, new jobs, new businesses any many other opportunities spawning off the success of bogs. A perfect tool in the building of an abstract lifestyle. And even if its not a massive [...]

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June 4, 2010

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Abstract Job Hunting – Using Google Adwords to land your Dream Job

As an ex recruiter I know a thing or two about how to get a job. I’ve seen a whole bunch of crazy techniques people have used to land themselves their dream job. Some pretty cool, like creative web-pages, some completly idiotic like calling everyday saying “I have job”. I came across this video the [...]

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May 18, 2010

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21 Things I LOVE About Travel

Travel is awesome. Here's why: 1. I don’t have to shave

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May 13, 2010

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Working while Travelling: Distractions and the Zone

I’m on the train out of Edinburgh, a very impressive city to say the least. The medieval town is blessed with exceptional geography making it the perfect location for a castle and line of defence. The history is deep and the streets so charming you can wander for hours and not get bored. I leave [...]

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April 26, 2010

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The Currency of Social Value

When we say the word currency most think of money, foreign exchange, ice grills or the $ sign in Ke$ha’s name. But currency is simply a medium of exchange. Coins, notes and plastic are just one form. Time, mobility and authority are a few other forms of currency. But today I want to talk about [...]

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April 26, 2010

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Emailing Awesomely – The Definitive Guide to Email Structure

Email is, and has been for some time an important form of communication. There are lots of tips out there on how to write emails for achieving specific outcomes. There was a great post recently on how to contact market leaders and there are many blogs on how to use email as an effective sales [...]

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April 22, 2010

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Networking Awesomely Review

The other day I read a book by Colin Wright called Networking Awesomely. Colin lives a truly abstract lifestyle as a location independent professional, moving to a new country every 4 months as he runs his design studio remotely. The country he moves to is decided by the readers on his blog Exile Lifestyle. In [...]

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April 20, 2010

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Backpacking in New York: Cheaper than you Think

New York is an amazing city. Its somewhere I’ve always wanted to go and last month got to visit for the first time. My interest in business and finance kept it high on my list plus the fact it is the most used movie and TV backdrop – I’ve seen so many movies set in [...]

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