
What’s the number one cause of failure and keeping you from getting totally focused? It’s one single, simple little word, but it can make or break you.


What’s the number one cause of failure and keeping you from getting totally focused? It’s one single, simple little word, but it can make or break you.
Discipline – This has to be the toughest key to success. We almost have to discipline ourselves to be disciplined. Anything you want to accomplish in life takes some level of discipline, whether it’s to get healthy and fit, write on a daily basis, build a business or create success.
At first glance, I was a bit overwhelmed by the possibilities of ifttt (short for If This Then That). After setting up just one task though, I was really impressed with how easy it was to get ifttt working for me. Not only does it take you step by step through the process in a clean format, but it only takes a a few minutes to complete. The concept is simple: you create tasks that follow the philosophy, “if this happens then do that.”

The year is quickly coming to a close, and while it’s mostly just a psychological change, there are something tasks that need to be taken care of before year’s end. Not only is this a list of tasks that you should take care of, but most of them are relevant to myself as well. 2011 GOALS & PROJECTS
Lately, my days consist of getting up and realizing the tasks I need to do, but then goofing off half the day and only getting half of my tasks done. It seems like I can't focus and no matter how much I try to get organized, I seem to fail. That's why I was happy to come across WorkFlowy, a tool that is used to "organize your brain." You can create lists that are then broken up into tasks; this lets you really focus on each part of an individual task, rather than viewing it as a whole.
This post is part of the Friday Q&A section. If you want to ask a question just send it via the contact form. Traffic Coleman asks: Wuz Up… Daniel! What are your views on outsourcing? First of all let’s define what outsourcing is. The standard definition is that outsourcing involves contracting out to an external provider or company part of your business that was performed in-house before. If you are a one-man show working on the Internet outsourcing means finding other people to perform tasks
As I’ve mentioned before, my Gmail account is horrific. It seems like something so simple as keeping it organized has become a huge chore. In an attempt to redeem myself, I signed up to receive an invite to Taskforce. So far, I have been using the service for about a week and it has really come in handy. So now I’m sure you’re wondering, what is Taskforce?