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Short & Sweet

The other night I shot what seemed like a million takes for some Ovaleye video tutorials (stay tuned). Note our Chief Decision Maker, Kathy Nelson and Tech Director, Tracy Nelson laughing in the background. Nonetheless, we not only successfully completed the tutorials and trailers, but we also gained some laughs that our Director of Operations, [...]

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Over the past few weeks Ovaleye‘s Chief Decision Maker and I have been interviewing some amazing and successful Entrepreneurs on our weekly Small Businesses Do It Better Show (watch the videos at http://ovaleye.tv). After speaking with these small business owners and hearing about their lessons learned, triumphs, and what has enabled them to grow and [...]

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Allow two people to benefit by providing and taking opportunities. When you have a professional or personal relationship with someone, both parties can come out ahead when one person needs something done. This is good practice for many reasons: the task will get completed more professionally and efficiently if done by someone who specializes in [...]

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Where is my time spent in this cloud? This is a list of the websites I visit most often, and most of these complete a day of mine on the internet. Hootsuite Social Media is an addiction and Hootsuite makes it easy to get my fix. All of my networks, different accounts and feeds in [...]

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Do you ever wonder which caffeinated drink will give you the biggest boost? Some of these drinks have an alarming amount of caffeine, which should be considered before consuming. According to the UW Health, 200 mg of caffeine daily is fairly harmless, but does depend on the person, and advise pregnant women to consume less [...]

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Good advice huh? Yes, but here’s some great advice: Don’t sweat the petty things. Both of those lines were from one of my favorite movies (we’ll leave the chick flick title out of this one), when made funny and with a few words flipped, it really sticks with you. I have worked with many different [...]

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I decided to bite the bullet, make a short video blog and just put it out there. I have seen many video blogs done by others and have always thought it’s a great way to connect with readers on another level. After watching, be sure to leave me some feedback so I can decide if [...]

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How did I become the fifth grade class Treasurer? More importantly, why is this still engrained in my head! My fifth grade teacher challenged us to remember a saying, “When a job has once begun, never leave it ’til it’s done. Be it great or be it small, do it well or not at all”. [...]

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Motivate Yourself

by Carissa Dunphy on January 3, 2011

Almost on a daily basis I find myself not wanting to do a small task, but I end up doing it after telling myself “Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today” (Thomas Jefferson). By reminding myself of this, it tells me that this task really isn’t worth putting off – why not [...]

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