Get The Most Out of a Personal Audit

“If I could have my wasted days back,
Would I use them to get back on track?”
–Metallica

Frantic. That’s the name of the song where I pulled that quote and, besides being a damn good song (yes, I was one of a handful of people that liked St. Anger), there is a pretty important message in those lyrics. Whether you are a business owner like me or work for someone else, the idea of doing more with less isn’t just a catch phrase, it’s a reality. There are only 24 hours in a day and the To Do list grows every week. If you want to get a hold of a schedule spiraling out of control, I propose you do an audit.  That’s right: those five letters that cause so much fear when uttered by the IRS may in fact be a time saver when you do one yourself.

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What color is your SEO?

It’s a running joke amongst my friends about just how freakishly pale I’ve gotten from working indoors for so many years. When I do go outside, it’s usually in the evening. If it wasn’t for the minute and a half walk to the mail box I, probably wouldn’t have enough Vitamin D. So when I saw this photo I just had to post it.

Pac Man Pie Chart

At the business college at ASU there was no way you could escape the zealous use of charts and graphs. Somehow they always looked familiar. While I was surfing the net, I came across this picture that I know everyone has noticed at one time or another. Now, if there was only a way to make a graph in the shape of one of the little ghosts.

Pac Man Pie Chart

What Google Thinks

Google is the search engine I use the most. 9 times out of 10 they return the most relevant search results. I guess that’s why they are on the top of the search engine heap. Today I searched for my domain name to see if has been spidered by Google. It’s only a few days old. When the engine doesn’t find what you are looking for, it will suggest a phrase of what it thinks you wanted. Below is a screen shot of what the all-powerful Google thinks I’m looking for. Wouldn’t it be funny if Jenna Jameson searched for herself and my web site came up?

 

How Working Can Cost you Money

No matter what you do or what industry you are in there will always be someone out there that has more money, more education, and more resources. The only equal playing field is time. Yes that’s right time. We all start the day with 24 hours and cram as much stuff into as possible. How efficiently you work that time separates you from your competitors. This is the reason why I’ve become and efficiency junky. As the word implies, the more efficient you are the more you get done in the same amount of time. More work equals more money, which gives you the ability to chase bigger and better opportunities.

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