Reverse To-Do List

The Daily Hustle I am a list builder. I break projects down into their most granular tasks and write them down in a to-do list on an old school scrap of notebook paper. If you look around my desk, folded and tucked neatly reused as bookmarks into books on my shelf, and in my round file cabinet (aka the trash), you'll find them everywhere. Using to-do lists is reinforced everywhere on the web. The tech industry, in particular, is obsessed with the cult of productivity and to-do lists. There are posts on the 5 best to-do list managers, not-to-do lists, and there are apps for that. The Read more

Why Conferences Matter

A Cynical Conference Veteran's Perspective In the Internet Marketing industry you can go from newbie to conference veteran easily in a year. One, there are so many of them and two, internet years go twice the speed of dog years. Gearing up to Affiliate Summit West I told myself if it wasn't for the fact I had promised to speak on a panel, I wouldn't have gone at all. As a salty conference veteran of 3 or so years, I thought I knew everyone I needed to know and could garner the information provided just as easily by staying at home Read more

Local Lead Plan Review

What is Local Lead Gen? This review assumes you know the basics of Local Lead Gen. If you don't, the first few links in my Local SEO Resources post will get you started. Local Lead Generation How-To Earlier this year Chad Frederiksen (CDFNetworks.com) wrote "Local Lead Plan: A Comprehensive Guide to Running a Successful Local Lead Gen Business." I received the launch email, put it on the back burner while I was doing projects, and totally forgot about it until October. So, like you, I thought “if I can get a list of 83 niches and Adhustler's Local Online advertising series free, why would I Read more

DIY MBA Reading List

Drawing heavily from the Personal MBA and infusing books that are either 1) directly applicable to building a web-based business or 2) have been personally recommended, here is the list in subject-matter Read more

Scaling Local Lead Gen

Good Local Lead Gen info to be found in this game of twitter telephone. Read more
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No one’s going to give you permission

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Amanda in Diversions, Motivation | 3 Comments
1925 Drexel Women's Rifle Team

1925 Drexel Women's Rifle Team

I recently crossed the threshold into affiliate marketing fossildom; namely, turning 30 years old. For an industry as young as internet marketing is proving to be, it feels two ticks to the right of ancient.

But I digress.

Allow me 60 seconds of your time to distill a myth that I bought into, hard and heavy, for most of my twenties. It is a complete waste of time.

You don’t need permission to ________________. (Insert whatever it is you want here).

Seriously. Read it again.  Read more

Attitude

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Amanda in Diversions, Motivation | 2 Comments

While rummaging through some old papers early this morning I stumbled on a quote I kept on the cork board above my desk in college.

I thought it practicable when I was 19, but in rereading I find so much more truth to it today, ten years worth of life experiences later.

Attitude

“The longer I live, the more important I realize the impact of attitude on life.

Attitude, to me , is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than successes, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company… a church… a home.

The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past… we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude…

I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.

And so it is with you… we are in charge of our Attitudes.”

- Charles Swindoll

The truth to the message is this: wherever you start from, your attitude will dictate where you end up. Everything else is unchangable, your circumstances are your circumstances, but be it in in your career, sport or life how you play your cards is far more important to the outcome than what hand you were dealt.

If you’d like to print out a copy of the quote for your own office, I’ve attached the well-worn, oft-copied .pdf scan of “Attitude” here.

Vidspiration: When you need a swift kick in the…

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Amanda in Business, Motivation | Leave a comment

There is very little glamorous about being an entrepreneur, especially a new one. For every ounce of freedom you’re given you get twice the helping of responsibility. And sometimes… sometimes… you just need a good swift kick to get you off your lazy/ stressed out ass and back in the game.

Watching these videos is like an intravenous shot of redbull.

Glengarry Glen Ross

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“We’re adding a little something to this month’s sales contest. As you all know, first prize is a Cadillac Eldorado. Anybody want to see second prize?”
[Holds up prize]
“Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you’re fired.”

Boiler Room

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Wall Street (1987)

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…greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.

Grant Cardone: Your Business Sucks.

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Thanks to Adhustler for finding this.

What clips get you going?