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How to Make the Time for Your Personal Goals

Posted by ardnet in April 13th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Things I Got

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” - Henry Ford
 

 
One of the biggest challenges in trying to accomplish any personal goal is that we tend to put them off until tomorrow, or next week, in favor of more pressing matters at work and home.
Unfortunately, tomorrow never gets […]

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7 Medical Myths Even Doctors Believe

Posted by ardnet in December 22nd, 2007 | 1 comment 
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Popular culture is loaded with myths and half-truths. Most are harmless. But when doctors start believing medical myths, perhaps it’s time to worry.
In the British Medical Journal this week, researchers looked into several common misconceptions, from the belief that a person should drink eight glasses of water per day to the notion that reading in […]

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What the Google Intranet Looks Like

Posted by ardnet in November 30th, 2007 | no comment 
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What do around 16,000 Google employees stare at in the morning when they’ve arrived at the office? They might be looking at Moma, the name for the Google intranet. The meaning of the name of “Moma” is a mystery even to some of the employees working on it, we heard, but Moma’s mission is prominently […]

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It’s The (Other) Algorithm, Stupid! Understanding DiggRank

Posted by ardnet in November 29th, 2007 | no comment 
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Have you ever wondered what it really takes for a story submitted to Digg to get to the home page? Or why a certain story—even a really good, social media friendly story—never got to the home page? I’m frequently asked the question “Hey, my story has [number] of Diggs but it still hasn’t been promoted […]

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The Art of Smiling

Posted by ardnet in November 25th, 2007 | no comment 
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“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word,
a listening ear, and honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring,
all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”
– Leo F. Buscaglia
Actually, there isn’t any art behind it. Just that you were born to be happy, and you can […]

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