Live the GREAT life you desire!

Each week I provide you my readers with a few links to articles that I have found particularly stimulating, insightful, witty or just plain enjoyable. So here once again without further ado is this week’s eclectic mix:

• Chris Pearson has written an incredibly useful article on getting your blogs coding right. The definitive guide to semantic web markup for blogs.
• "Don’t drop out of school" Excellent advice but of course there are always some memorable exceptions. Enjoy these inspirational exceptions from George at Blogger Lounge
• How do you connect with your audience? Chris Garrett offers some insight on the conversation.
• Liz Strauss has once again provided a thought provoking look at relationships between Baby Boomers and Generation Y. After you read it, come back here. I would like to talk about it with you.
• On an entirely different note you will be moved to tears as you read this personal glimpse into a son’s relationship with his father.

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• This article really hit home for me. If you don’t do these things, it doesn’t matter how great your dreams are you WON’T achieve them!
• If you are an online publisher, then you want feedback from your users. Try these 10 minute tips to increase the user experience.
• Mark has created some of the most practical productivity tips yet. I know I’ve already started putting some of these things into practice.
• Creating a simpler lifestyle may reduce the stress in your life. Here are 147 tiny tips that will help.
• Want your site on the google toolbar? Well you can! This google toolbar tutorial will guide you through every step.

Why don’t you bring your favourite links to the party? Share you favourite posts from this week in the comments. Let’s talk! I’m looking forward to hearing from you!

Get over it!

This week has been a week of review and reflection for me. Here’s some of the sites that I’ve been reading. I hope you enjoy them just as much as I have.

• There is an excellent article from Steve Olson on surviving an entrepreneurial dip. If you like Seth Godin’s new book: "The Dip", you are going to love this.
  Are you in a dip? This just might help push you through it.
• Neil Patel has a new blog at quicksprout.com. It’s all about branding. I know we are starting to hate the word but his article on making money through personal branding might be enlightening.
• Des Walsh weighs out some of the pros and cons of anonymity on your blog. The article is "You’re a nice looking blog – Who owns you?"
• How do you know if you are "linked in"? If you grew up in a small town this is gonna bring back some memories. What a great way to describe genuine networking.
• What does it take to be creative? Darren Rowse has 9 Attitudes of Highly Creative People that you will want to read over and over again.

What did you think of the articles? Let’s talk!