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How to Recover From a Social Media Hangover

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“Hello. My name is Cori and I’m a social media addict.

“Today is day 1 of my commitment to give myself a regular break from technology and the foggy, uncreative haze it can unwittingly lead to.”

I was reading a post the other day by blogger Michael Brenner at B2B Marketing Insider, talking about getting your social media game on.

Of course, being the skimmer that I am, the first thing that caught my attention and made me go back and read the whole thing was his mention of having a Social Media Hangover.

His hangover was induced by sometimes (as we all do) forgetting to take breaks and shut down periodically from the very technology that makes social media so fun … and addictive.

It was a warning, and a call to bring at least a tiny bit of moderation into our very social (media) lives.

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Steven Pressfield and the War of Work

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It’s human nature to look for the easy way out.

We dream of the “big break” that will carry us away from our current troubles forever.

Then, along comes a guy like Steven Pressfield.

He’s the type that tells you that this single day is what matters. That money and recognition come and go, but your desk and your work remain.

He’s the type that shatters your illusions about the very nature of work, and the reasons why you do what you do.

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31 Pro Tips for a Successful, Satisfying, and Insanely Profitable 2012

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Obviously, everywhere you look this week, people are offering advice about what to do differently in 2012.

What to focus on. What habits to cultivate. What to stop doing. What to do more of.

Productivity, health, getting enough sleep, flossing your teeth.

Copyblogger spoiler alert: You can trust that in 2012 we’ll continue to push you toward better content, more effective copywriting, and creating success on your own terms.

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5 Ways to Kill Information Overload and Start Making Progress With Your Marketing

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How many marketing and business books (and ebooks) have you bought and then promptly … placed gently on your growing bookshelf?

How many have you read, but never used?

Between Amazon, libraries, amazing content creators, email, social networking, and the wild open web, we’ve got all the information we need … and more.

Much more.

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Are Internet Idiots Annihilating Your Productivity?

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It’s one of the hazards of spending social time online.

Every day, everywhere you look, you’re going to find someone who’s doing it wrong.

They use the term “rock star.” Or “ninja.” (You hate those hypey cliches!)

They have a pop-up on their blog. (Don’t they know pop-ups are the work of Satan?!)

They had a launch last week and emailed you three whole times. (Don’t these people realize how full your email box is?)

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How to Master the Craft of Writing

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Sherlock Holmes was the greatest Consulting Detective in the world.

Though merely a fiction, written over a century ago by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, his methods of logical deduction are without equal.

Holmes’ mastery of his craft brought him to the fog-cloaked London doorsteps of the most powerful people of his time.

Correction: those clients came to him.

They ran, desperate, to his Baker Street rooms, begging for his help, willing to pay any amount he requested in return for his services.

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