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BlogoCentric Communication: The Next Great Event in Social Evolution

Posted by Joshua Bradley Minton in November 30th, 2005  
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Here is a pretty cool lesson in the structure and travel of information in the Blogosphere (that’s bloggers on the Internet talking to each other about each other). If you haven’t read the book The Tipping Point: How Little Things Make a Big Difference (affiliate link) by Malcolm Gladwell yet, then you are really missing [...]

Another Simple Truth…

Posted by Joshua Bradley Minton in November 30th, 2005  
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Posted in: Film, Television, Music and Books, Personal     

…in life is that if you’ve never listened to the Willie Nelson song You Were Always On My Mind during a time when your mind and heart were open to suggestion and didn’t break into tears, then you’ve never truly been in love.
It’s been my experience that you always take the things you love the [...]

Blast from the Past

Posted by Joshua Bradley Minton in November 29th, 2005  
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Back before I had a blog, I used to hard code all my posts in chronological order. This post was originally made on Sunday January 11, 2004:
It’s official; according to a very recent Gallup Poll, Republicans are far more likely to consider themselves “happy” with their station in life than either Democrats or [...]

Getting Ahead in Your Company Tip #1: Don’t Establish Your Worth in Systems and Processes

Posted by Joshua Bradley Minton in November 29th, 2005  
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People often ask me for quick hit advice on how to get ahead in their company. They ask me because I have a decent track record.
I graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, which is almost worthless except for the fact that you can often attach “English” or “Communications” to the subtext of [...]

The Only Managing You Can Do

Posted by Joshua Bradley Minton in November 28th, 2005  
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Here’s a simple truth about business: You can’t manage people; you can only manage the processes that people work inside.
People must ultimately manage themselves and any manager who doesn’t understand this has defeated their purpose before they even begin.
Managers must engage processes by studying, analyzing, and streamlining them so as to make it as easy [...]

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