Book : How to Work for Yourself by Bryan Cohen

Hello !

I am writing this short post, because I get a sample book of Bryan Cohen on my Kindle  “How to work for yourself : 100 Ways to Make the Time, Energy and Priorities to Start a Business, Book or Blog”

And then I thought it was important to write this short post with some points of chapter 1: The Extra Hour.

Very important points to consider ( on my own opinion )  in our day to day!

1. Skip the snooze button and train yourself to get up right away in the morning.
2. If your business, book or blog is important to you, this will be incentive enough to wake up.
3. Prepare everything you need for the morning ahead of time.
4. A little less TV never hurt anybody.
5. Save yourself the double-check by focusing the first time
6. Eat a quick, cold and healthy breakfast ( My fav )
7. You can save aprox five minutes per day if you opt for a cold & healthy breakfast with items such as fruit, cereal & proteins bars.
8. Find wasted time in your morning, afternoon and evening hygiene activities ( No long shower !! )
9. Keep your phone, tablet and laptop off as long as possible throughout your day.
10. If you can keep the phone off or in your pocket when you’re walking instead of scrolling through who knows what, you’re likely to walk faster & keep your mind clear.
11. Delegate a chore for favor, allowance or love.
12. Answer your email only in the morning or everning.
13. Go to bed five minutes earlier every day and get delivery for one meal a week.
14. You get to treat yourself for all the hard work you’ve done.
15. Be an emotional rock!

Not too late to start or keep doing 🙂 !!

Hope you enjoy the post,

JC Giraldo

What’s going on with the conversations? Technology or….Us?

After thinking and observing the behavior of many people around me, (I myself also, I did and no anymore ) in different places, such as restaurants, cinemas, trains, buses, streets, hospitals, beach, cars, etc..

I decided to write this little post about how technology affects our lives..Ok…Here we go 🙂

I am a tech lover & smartphones, and I am Social Media Guy, but honestly, What’s going on with the conversations ?

I have seen this picture below, many times in real life : father, mother & children, couples, friends, etc, without speaking or sharing anything, only with fingers on the SCREEN !!!, is pathetic and insane for relationships .

I did also..No anymore…!!

Conversation is the secret of all relationship, is the key, friendship, etc, etc. and tech help when really we need it…

In this case, I mean, when we are sharing – in person and real life – time with our social circle, family or work…we SHOULD NOT do it.

I think it’s disrespectful, rude, and we “lose” also the MAIN Goal of the meeting, which is the conversation and share good times !!

I am ready to buy the book by Sherry Turkle‘s “Alone Togheter” , where she explains: why we expect so much from technology and less from each other.

Is a short post but hope it helps…

Enjoy and stop the check-in, because is a Addiction, read here

JC Giraldo

Blogs,Blogging & Bloggers

I am reading the book by David Meerman Scott “The New Rules of Marketing & PR” – third edition, he writes in one of its chapters about us bloggers and our world.

So I decided to write a little post about our world..

I think all of us, in contrast, the NON-Blog, we are communicators for excellence in a different way, writing or speaking, we show our own experiences or things that fascinate us..

Technology helps us communicate more and more, something that is surprising is that those people within them have or had the skills of journalists, but for various reasons, either because they are timid in real life or not find the “issue” could not communicate with the blogosphere.

Now many of those we called timid, are amazing bloggers and of them we learn a lot from them.

Blogger not be determined how many blog we post – If you have other opinion please let me know maybe i need improve more -Thank You!

This is how committed we are to the world “outsite” waiting for something interesting to share with others.

I also think it’s part of being responsible and not “play” with our target audience, have a responsibility to schedule in our daily walk and pause to share our ideas.

Many people make money with blogs, but as an expert once said in an email: JC, everything is step by step, first started as an amateur and then professional and then expert…well now I’m Amateur..

Many times we get frustrated and say that “no one” “follow me”..Ok.. ask ourselves, as did I, I am writing the right topic?, I’m writing an interesting topic?, I’m helping, to the blogosphere? My Template is serious, for my audience?

When we find the answers is then that our blog will change…

something I always keep in mind is to accept positive and negative comments, that’s what we are exposed, then the negative things Let’s get the very best to make them a new weapon to communicate.

Blogfriend hope you like my post I am not an expert in social media and I’m starting  in the blogosphere, I bought the book “WordPress” for Dummies by Lisa Sabin-Wilson , I’m not be afraid to read it .. 🙂

Remember :  If no one follows you…Another will follow you

JC Giraldo