The REAL Author of My Blog.

Over the years I've been blessed to have had my blog read by thousands of people. I currently have over 5000 regular subscribers from all around the world and people often tell me how much they enjoy reading my blog and how much it has helped them be more productive in life and at work. …

How I Got My Life Back Under Control (and Started Blogging Again)

Have you ever started something and not finished it? Well, you're not alone. We all have a tendency to start out with great intentions but then not follow through. Starting things is simple in fact. It's progress that is hard. Think of all those books you couldn't wait to read, but never actually finished; the …

How Often Should You Blog?

Wether you've been blogging for a while, or just investigating getting started, you've probably come across advice to blog everyday or at least a couple of times a week. The idea behind this is simple - "The more you post, the greater your traffic" - Michael Hyatt. But, I must be honest - just the thought of posting everyday causes panic in …

6 Things Blogging Has Taught Me

When I made the decision to start this blog I wasn’t at all convinced that I would stick to it, but now looking back I’m glad I did. Here’s why: 1. Blogging helps me work through and hash out my own thoughts and feeling. Blogging has forced me to think longer and harder about all the thoughts that …

My 100th Post!

Yesterday's blog post was my 100th post! (It was also my 30th birthday). So in order to celebrate, I have decided to give my top commenter on the blog , Loren Pinilis, a $15 Amazon voucher as a small way of saying thank you. Well done Loren! I would also just like to say THANK YOU …

Why Consistency is So Important

On Sunday night I had a sick feeling in my stomach. For the first time since I started my blog in December 2010 I did not have a post scheduled to go out on monday morning. The last few weeks had run away with me, and I simply hadn't disciplined myself to sit down and …

Welcome…

Today I had the privilege of guest posting on Michael Hyatt's blog, which I'm really excited about. The post I wrote is called "The Importance of Crossing Daily Finish Lines" If you are visiting from his site, then WELCOME and thanks for stopping by! That's me on the right, and much like Michael, I too …

16 Ways to Press Pause & Slow Down

This is a guest post by Loren Pinilis, who stumbled on my blog a few weeks ago and requested a guest post. Loren writes on time management and living a balanced life, all from a Christian perspective. Go. Go. Go. That seems to be the pace of modern life. Everything around us is telling us to go …

Vote For This Blog!

Following my blog being Freshly Pressed and getting a bunch of attention, someone nominated me for the 2011 South African Blog Awards. I'm not sure what that means exactly, but apparently if you make into the top 3, you get to go to an "event" in Joburg. And my wife really wants to go to …

3 Ways to Get On Top of Social Media Before it Gets on Top of You

700 billion minutes. That's how much time Facebook's 500 million active users spend on the site every month! 700 000 000 000 minutes. That's the equivalent of 1,3 million years - nearly 18 000 lifetimes! And 7 years ago Facebook didn't even exist! What did we use to do with all that time?? A recent …

Digging Ditches – How I Got Freshly Pressed.

So last week one of my posts got Freshly Pressed. What this means is that my post was featured on WordPress.com’s homepage, where each weekday, ten posts are selected from around 450,000 new blog posts! What it also means is a lot of traffic to my blog... like 85 000-hits-in-10-days-kind-of-traffic! So, needless to say it has …

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