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Getting Your Customers to Love You

by Bruce Keener on March 17, 2008

in Perspective

Now that I am retired and can look back over my professional career, one of the things that pleases me most is knowing that my customers loved me. It certainly wasn’t because I am anything special, but rather it was because of what I did and what anybody can do.
So, in this post, I share [...]

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Leo Babauta, creator of the fabulously popular site Zen Habits, has just released a new ebook: Zen Habits Handbook for Life.
When I read it, I was amazed that Leo sells it for only $6.95 — it is worth way, way more than that. I think it is one of the best productivity books I have [...]

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Parable of the Seed: Delayed Germination

by Bruce Keener on February 20, 2008

in Perspective

Several months ago, my good friend Lance Gallup wrote a guest post for me: Reducing Mind Clutter: Tuning It Out. Yesterday that post received several hundred visitors from being recognized on StumbleUpon. I am delighted by this because I am glad to see Lance’s excellent article get the circulation it deserves.
Well why did it take [...]

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Staying in Calibration

by Bruce Keener on February 18, 2008

in Personal, Personal Development

If you have ever worked with scientific instruments, you know the importance of keeping them in calibration. And, you sure don’t want your vehicle’s gas gauge to register one-quarter full when it is almost empty! You expect it to be calibrated and stay that way.
It turns out that we need calibration, too: we sometimes need [...]

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Some Food for Thought

by Bruce Keener on February 1, 2008

in Perspective

Often when I look at some of the messes that Britney Spears has gotten herself into, I just say to myself “what an idiot!” I look on her situation with contempt and disgust rather than compassion.
But this morning I find myself feeling sorry for her. She did not intend to throw her life away. That [...]

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