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Ben Alman

Nobody Wants to Read Your Shit

Steven Pressfield shares his #1 lesson for anybody in the working world:

Nobody wants to read your shit.

He explains:

The market doesn’t know what you’re selling and doesn’t care. Your
potential customers are so busy dealing with the rest of their lives,
they haven’t got a spare second to give to your product/work of
art/business, no matter how worthy or how much you love it.

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War on Work

First, one of the best TED talks I have seen:

via Grant Blakeman

2nd: after two weeks of being on the road, I’m backed up on email so much that I just don’t want to see what is new.  I feel bad, can’t quite keep up.  With that has gone my writing.  And my workouts (although I have been keeping it pretty consistent in the NYC marathon training).  And so have the little things in life, like laundry, cooking, and calling family.  This makes me feel like shit.

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Interview With Johnny Biscuit about Ignite

I have been taking more random meetings lately.

The first couple were 100% burns.

But the last few, oh they were just magic.

First I was the guest in the first Renegade Kitchen. Site just launched and is just a bit rough, but this will be an amazing place for those of us with food allergies.

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Thesis Tutorial – How to Add Adsense Section Targeting

Using Adsense on your blog usually isn’t the most profitable way to monetize it, but it is fairly quick and easy, which makes it a popular choice for many website owners. Last week I moved one of my commercial blogs to Thesis, and was reminded of the importance of using section targeting on your blog.

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