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Get out of your head! How to stop internal dialogues from halting your productivity

Mar23
by on March 23, 2014 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, How-To's, LifeHacks

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Andrea Ayres-Deets is the Lead Writer at ooomf, an invite-only network connecting short-term software projects with handpicked developers and designers. Andrea writes about psychology, creativity, and business over on the ooomf blog. Okay, quiet time… Time for work… Working shall commence now… One hour later… This is what happens at least thirty times a day. I’ll begin to focus on work and then immediately my internal dialogue will get in the way. The more I have to do, the more unhelpful it seems to be. For many, our inner dialogue goes beyond just being disruptive. It can totally hamper our creativity and destroy…

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Why the ROI of community doesn’t actually matter

Mar23
by on March 23, 2014 at 10:00 am
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur, Social Media

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Sarah Judd Welch is the founder & head of community design + BD at Loyal where she designs communities for startups, brands, and Fortune 100s. I’ve never felt entirely comfortable defending my work in community. Yes, I’ll tell you about Return on Investments (ROI) all you want, but truly, community has much bigger ambitions. I spent the summer between middle school and high school busing from San Jose’s suburban edges to downtown where I spent my days tutoring students at the local elementary school in their worn down, gang ridden neighborhoods. What I remember most was learning the word “amor” and…

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Delta is offering the opportunity to meet entrepreneurs at 35,000 feet

Mar22
by on March 22, 2014 at 10:10 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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A new program being run by Delta is offering the opportunity to meet entrepreneurs at a height like never before; 35,000 feet. Delta Innovation Class hopes to attract innovative leaders and experts from across a range of industries to fly Delta and offer the opportunity for users of LinkedIn to meet with those that share interests to discuss ideas for the duration of a flight to an industry event. The first seat given away was to James Patten, an Interaction Designer who was given the opportunity to fly in a seat next to Eric Migicovskyte, the creator of the Pebble smart…

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