So you’re a high school student, going onto college, and you’re about to enter the workforce for the first time.  Or you’re a full time student, getting ready to graduate to your first desk job.  You know you’re ready for the work ahead of you, but you’re not quite sure what to expect.  I’ve taken the liberty tp prepare for [...]

30 Days… I’m not going to take credit for someone else’s idea.  It’s been well documented in the blogosphere that using the 30 Day Trial as a means of self improvement was the idea of Steve Pavlina.  If you haven’t read his article, then I highly suggest that you do, because it’s really good advice. Basically, the 30 Day Trial [...]

Gauge Your Happiness Level… Ask yourself this question.  How happy are you in your life right now?  This very minute.  How satisfied are you with your life at this point in your life?  Is there something missing that would help to fulfill your life?  What do you think would make it better? You might feel that happiness and contentment is [...]

Note:  I got the idea for this article from Mark Foo, who suggests that you read the book Success Is Never Ending, Failure Is Never Final by Robert Schuller. Bad Stigma! The word “failure” is such a strong word.  It immediately conjures up images of seriousness and conclusiveness.  So starting immediately, I am eliminating the word “failure” and all of [...]

Website Design? So you want to build websites for a living?  It’s not that unusual.  In fact, it’s a common goal for many people, because the web design industry is incredibly fierce with competition, and there are many, many talented and not-so-talented people in the industry right now.  If you are going to stand a chance, you need a strategy [...]

It’s Like A Game Of Chess… Have you ever played chess with someone, and the game ended up taking a really long time… like a couple of hours to play, due to their inability to move their pieces?  They probably seemed like they had to think about each move for minutes on end before they made it, didn’t they?  Or [...]

Don’t Skip This Important Step! It’s important before you produce anything that you know who you are trying to market your product towards. Not everyone shares the same definition of value, and if you are expected to provide value to your audience, then you must pinpoint what group of people has a need for your product or service. Now you [...]

One of the greatest (or worst) realizations of recent history is the one where human beings realized that people shouldn’t hate what they do for a living.  It’s great because there’s no reason why people should be unhappy at their work, and God only knows why we have believed otherwise for so long.  Yet it’s bad because our productivity as [...]

Say Hello! See that happy fellow right there?  Today’s his birthday, because he was just born!  His name is Sean, and we’ll be hearing from him in the future.  Say hello to Sean, everybody. Everybody Loves Cartoons There’s a reason why newspapers hire cartoonists to get a point across.  Cartoons speak to us.  They have an uncanny ability to get [...]

So, You’re Considering the “Glorification of Sin”? There’s nothing wrong with using sex appeal in your art.  What is wrong though, is using is inappropriately.   If your target audience is young children, then you need to keep it age specific.   Don’t misunderstand what I just wrote!  There’s sex appeal in media for all ages.  Not all of it [...]