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Five Easy Ways to Stay Productive

From time to time, I like to write posts that fall under the “duh” category. You know, the ones that provide painfully obvious (but true) pieces of information or advice? Ironically, from my experience, they’re the same kinds of posts that generate the highest levels of engagement and interest, because [...]

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Want to succeed? Fail.

Advice Development By Neil Sarkar on Jun 16th

A risk-averse approach is safe in the short term and self-destructive in the long term. And not the fun kind of self-destructive. The slow, crippling, succumbing to death at 24 without realizing it until 42 self-destructive. No thanks.

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On Training

I have managed Gary Vaynerchuk’s schedule for the last several years, and I am in the process of turning over the reigns (don’t fret, I’m not going anywhere–just doing other things). As I prepare Phil Toronto (star of stage and screen) for his new role, I’ve been thinking about training [...]

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Organized Konfusion

A couple months ago, Shane Mac (@shanemacsays) asked me to write a short chapter in an e-book he was writing. The concept of the book was “one thing we wish we would have known before we started our current career,” and it took all of two seconds before the answer [...]

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The Productive Commute Top 10

Advice Productivity By John Oates on Mar 16th

When I started working at VaynerMedia, I had just gotten the iPhone 3GS and as such, discovered the vast amount of available apps rather quickly. Working for a firm that focuses so heavily on social media, I naturally downloaded Facebook and Twitter apps immediately. But as time went on, and [...]

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