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7 Lessons We Can Learn from The Kardashians on Life and Success (Yes, Indeed)

The Kardashian Family

The entire cast of the reality TV series “Keeping Up with the Kardashians”. From top left, clockwise: Rob Kardashian, Lamar Odom (Khloe’s husband), Bruce Jenner (dad), Kris Jenner (mom), Kendall Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Scott Disick (Kourtney’s husband), Kylie Jenner Update: This article has been tweeted by @KimKardashianWeb and @KourtneyKCom, two of the leading fansites for the Kardashians. Thank you for the shout…

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How To Get Media Coverage for Your Business, Blog, or Startup — Constantly (Secrets Behind My Frequent Media Coverage, Revealed)

Celes in 2010, BlogTV

One of my past features on CNN, on the topic of bucket list I often get asked, by bloggers and business owners, how I get so many media mentions. In the past few years of starting my business, I’ve been interviewed or quoted nearly 40 times in various media, from newspapers, to print magazines, to TV, to radio, to online media. (These do not include blog interviews.) My…

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Are You Self-Sabotaging Yourself? (Understanding Self-Sabotaging Behavior and Breaking It)

Looking deep into yourself

Self-Sabotage Last week, I was reading this article on Forbes about why there aren’t more women on boards. The subject didn’t really interest me as much as this snippet caught my eye: When we meet the Maria Klawes of the world – women who rise to the very top of their professions – we too often convince ourselves that we’ve got to be world-changing superstars…

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How to Get Maximum Results When You Have Too Many Ideas (Harnessing The Superstar Effect)

Pondering

Hi Celes, [how would you recommend] organizing one interests for maximum productivity? I know a lot of people, myself included who are passionate about lots of things, and while it’s sound advice to just hone in on the few things that really matter, there’s always the idea creep where you keep getting little project ideas and little offshoot projects etc… These can weigh down progress….

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What To Do When Your Friends and Family are Unsupportive (of Your Goals)

Sad girl

Often times on my Facebook, I hear of readers who have problems with their family and friends because they are not supportive of them and their goals. I’ve already written a fair bit about unsupportive people in 7 Tips To Tackle Naysayers in Your Life and 8 Helpful Ways To Deal With Critical People, though those articles are not on unsupportive friends or family per se. In today’s article,…

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10,000 Hours in Bejeweled

Bejeweled 3

Bejeweled is a popular tile-matching puzzle game that involves matching 3 (or more) jewels of the same color in a vertical column or horizontal row. It’s available on many present day consoles as well as on PC and Facebook. More than 75 million copies of Bejeweled have been sold, and the game has been downloaded more than 500 million times since its launch in 2001. Top Player in…

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The Bike Shed Effect

Blue Bike Shed

Note from Celes: So happy that I’ve finally completed and launched 30BBM and released 30DLBL second edition! Now I can finally get back to the regular routine of writing, working on The Celes Show, among other stuff. For existing 30DLBL owners, you should have gotten an email with the link to upgrade to 30DLBL second edition for free - courtesy of me as thank you for…

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My Review of 2011 (and Moving On To 2012!)

End of 2011 Review

I’m excited, guys. I’m excited because 2012 is coming, and it’s less than 24 hours before that becomes reality (it’s Dec 31 as I’m writing this). I’m excited because I’m happier than I’ve ever been, and I can’t imagine what’s going to come next. I’m excited because I feel like my life has just started, and I’m discovering something new about myself and what it…

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What Are Your 2012 Goals? Please Share!

What are your 2012 goals?

It’s the end of the year again, and like every year I will be writing a year end review to round up my year and share how everything has been. I will also be sharing my upcoming goals and focus area for 2012. Stay tuned. Before I do that though, I’d love to hear from you guys. What is your review for YOUR 2011? What…

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We Are Featured in Today’s Sun-Herald and The Sunday Age! (Oct 9, 2011)

Featured in Sun Herald's Sunday Age

I’m happy to announce that we’re featured in Australia’s The Sun-Herald (newspaper in Sydney, published every Sunday) and The Age (Melbourne’s daily newspaper) today! Just last month, I was invited to write an article for The Sunday Life (a supplement that’s distributed as part of The Sun-Herald and The Age) on how to live a more productive life. The article below is the result! *Click…

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In Remembrance of Steve Jobs: 11 Life Lessons We Can Learn From Him

Steve Jobs

Yesterday morning, I was busy writing the preparation post for upcoming 21-Day Meditation Challenge.

As I took a quick glance at my Twitter timeline, I saw a message which said, “RIP Steve Jobs”. When I first saw it, my first reaction was…

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