Category — C. Articles

All of us use WordPress and all old-bloggers know “everything” about it. But new bloggers are appearing every day and most of them are novices to blogging and WordPress itself. With this post I want to make it easier for everyone to download and install WordPress - everything is described in step-by-step manner with many snapshots.

And I’d like to ask all of you - new bloggers - forget about the free solutions, forget about Blogger-type-shit.

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I know that a single salary is never enough for a person to get a real and satisfying life. Unfortunately all good things on the Earth are not free and you got to have cash in order to live your dreams.

But what if you still want to taste the life but you are working 9-5 and have only one small stupid salary? Basically you have the following options:

• Find another job with greater salary.
• Work hard and get promotion.
• Quit work and start your own business.
• Marry a wealthy person.
• Winn the Lottery (or break some Las Vegas casinos).

May be you are not comfortable with these options? May be you feel that a better way should exist? You are right. There IS a smarter way to make more money and double your salary as a start.

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A few days ago I’ve found an interesting link while I was browsing through Jarkko’s blog. It’s about a book. A very cute book actually, with the strange name - “Todoodlist. Technology is great. Pencils are better“.

As the price was decent - only $14 - I bought it and start reading. And I surprised for good.

First, the book is beautiful - very good print design, I like it. I’ve started my career as a graphical designer and I always consider design at first place.

The other think that I liked with this book was the idea. I have a very busy day-to-day life and organizing my tasks have been always an issue for me. I’ve been using a lot of personal/time management systems and even have created some by myself. So, as I started to read the book I was pleased to discover that the techniques and strategies are simple to use and powerful. They are fun, too.

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I was taking my daily reading time at Entrepreneur.com when I’ve saw their Hot 100 List - the list of fastest growing companies in United States. I was just curious to find who is the hot internet business company and I’ve checked that industry section.

It was interesting for me to know that my payment operator - 2checkout.com - is the hottest e-commerce company of Entrepreneur Magazine.

You can read the full profile of the company or visit their website.

This finding made me feel good that I am using the cutting edge payment solution at the moment. Actually I work with 2checkout since 2004 when I’ve set up my first account with them. They have made a lot of improvements since then and I am glad to find that they already support accepting PayPal payments.

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The core of your personal brand is… you! That looks obvious but not too many of us know it. Your personal brand is as any other brand - you have to found it and to build it. Strong brands win, weak - lose. So if you want to achieve whatever you’d like, you have to build a strong personal brand.

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Speed is power! If you move faster you will arrive sooner. When you are faster in what you are doing, you can do a lot more things than others who are slower than you. One of the key principles I use in my work to achieve greater productivity is to be quick.

I always try to perform all of my tasks as fast as I can and – at this moment – I can proudly say that I am like Speedy Gonzales. I move my mouse and click fast. I write on my keyboard fast. I even talk and walk faster than others. Why I am doing that?

Every day my tasks’ list contains 10 to 20 serious tasks. Every task takes time and I need to be really fast if I want to finish all of my tasks within a working day. I do not work at evenings, at nights or at weekends.

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Your motivation rules your destiny. What is your motivation made of? It is made of your desires, your needs. So, in order to rule your own destiny you should rule your motivation.

Abraham Maslow has defined his motivation pyramid in 1943 in his study “A Theory of Human Motivation”. Since then, this is the most famous motivation chart ever in the history. Everyone uses it and gives it as an example.

Now it is time for me to write about this famous pyramid. You have to know where are you at the moment on this pyramid in order to know where is your start point. From this point you will develop and master your motivation skills and this way you are going to put your life in your own hands.

The Maslow’s pyramid has 5 main levels, floors.

The most basic one represents your Physiological needs and desires. Here is breathing, food, water, sex, sleep, etc. You are here you are fighting to survive on daily basis. This is when you – for example - don’t have money or job or both.

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