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Working while Travelling: Distractions and the Zone 5
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 [...]
Categories: People
Tagged: Business, People, Productivity, story, Travel
Vinay Patankar 0
Vinay Patankar is the author of Abstract Living. He also keeps a posterous blog at Vinay Patankar dot com. You can connect with Vinay Patankar on: Twitter LinkedIn
Categories: People
Tagged: patankar, vinay, vinay patankar
The Currency of Social Value 7
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 [...]
Categories: People
Tagged: Business, People, personal development, Social Media
Emailing Awesomely – The Definitive Guide to Email Structure 0
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 [...]
Categories: Technology
Tagged: People, personal development, Social Media, Technology
Networking Awesomely Review 5
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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Tagged: Book, Business, People, Review, Social Media, Technology
Backpacking in New York: Cheaper than you Think 5
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 [...]
Categories: Travel
Overcoming Failure, Adversity & your Parents by Harry Potter Author 0
Takeaways: You don’t have to let your parents influence your direction in life “There is an expiration date on how long you can blame your parents for pushing you in the wrong direction” Failure is OK Think about all the positives in your life The value of learning from your failures and experience against the [...]
Categories: People
Tagged: motivation, People, personal development, video
Blog Moving to Abstract-Living.com 0
As you can probably tell from the title, I have decided to move my blog (wordplaywithvinay.com) to Abstract-Living.com. If you’ve noticed anything weird going on here over the last day or so, this is why. I decided on this move for two key reasons: Personal Branding I created this blog to document my changing lifestyle [...]
Categories: Technology
Tagged: Internet, People, Technology
Tools to Build you a New Life 4
I came across a post about a week or so ago by Rob at http://thelifedesignproject.com. Its an excellent collection of all the resources he’s found since starting his Lifestyle Design journey. The list includes books, blogs, and tools both functional and research based. There are heaps tools way to many in my opinion to hit [...]
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Tagged: Business, Internet, Social Media, Technology