What? You haven't seen any of my videos yet?Removing Noise, Aligning Your Focus, and Changing Your Mind
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Normal Joe | August 27, 2008
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Removing the noise around you online and off
One of the enemies of progress, focus, and goal setting is the various amounts of “noise” that you will encounter. This doesn’t have to be audible noise, but anything that causes interference in your work schedule. One of the main sources of noise online is information. Yep, the very thing that you provide, and 
consume, could be the very things that are holding you back!
My experience has shown me, not just online but off, that too many resources can cloud your progress. When studying for certifications in my off-line career, there are usually specific manuals that pertain to that certification. Problem is, there is a lot of info out there! Now, the rule of thumb is that you always want to prepare with more than one resources, maybe even more than one format. So I would use books, and audio, and video, and practice tests to prepare. But I also realized that when I would gather multiples of these formats, say 5 books, 4 videos, some audios and such….I never really got into any one resource good enough. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Snooze Button and Procrastination
By Normal Joe | August 26, 2008
Do you use the snooze button?
If you are anything like me, you still have a regular job at the moment. One of the things that comes with working for someone else, is the fact that you are on a schedule. Most likely there is an alarm clock involved in this schedule.
One of the most genius ideas added to the alarm clock was the snooze button! It let’s us, for small 5-10 minute increments, be lazy…slothful, it let’s us get those oh so precious extra minutes of rest.
How many of you use it? I know you do….admit it.
The problem with the snooze button
The problem I see with the snooze button, is it encourages proscrastination, and no matter what the situation, proscrastinating never fixes anything. If you have something to do…like get up out of bed hahahaha, get it done!
Putting anything off because you can, doesn’t gaurantee you will get it done later, in fact…you will most likley find yourself rushing to complete the task at the last minute. Yeah…I see you ladies applying lipstick while holding your starbucks and thrashing through main street!
Fellas, if you just get up on time…you wouldn’t need to have the newspaper in your hand, bagel in the other, all while trying to pick up your buddy that you carpool with who is now late because of you lol.
The solution to the snooze button
The solution is simply not to use it! Seriously, if you just put forth the extra effort to get done what you planned, things will be much better. I’m not saying take no breaks, or no rest, or no time off. What I am saying is, the snooze button, even the virtual one you use for completing tasks online…can create a habit that will become much harder to break.
So checkout this short viddy, and lookout for my special guest, I had to get my boy in on this one 
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IMwithJoe.com Weekly Updates and Such
By Normal Joe | August 25, 2008
Yep, it’s another week gone by and the site continues to grow. Thanks to all of you! Without you I’d be nothing…I still am…but at least I have a few folks to share my nothingness with
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