From Revelry to Resolve

On January 28, 2013 By

Now that January is drawing to a close, how are you doing with those grand resolutions?  Are you still on your way to that bright shiny new life you envisioned?  Most people start January out strong, determined, and excited.  But as the month progresses, many fall off the proverbial wagon, [...]

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Urban Airship’s Rules to Meet By

On January 23, 2013 By

Portland’s mobile push star and VelocX client Urban Airship has been creating significant buzz surrounding their posted “Rules For Meetings.”  Time and sanity are valuable commodities in both the for and non profit worlds.  These simple, and easy to institute norms help preserve both.  Many of these rules are [...]

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We just closed the books on 2012.  Here at Velocx, we have been thrilled with the past year’s business growth and with having the privilege of assisting so many talented and driven individuals and organizations.

We have helped a number of you with strategic visioning and planning throughout the year.  Last month we took some [...]

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How to Put Rhythm Back in Your Life

On October 30, 2012 By

Part 1: The Rhythm of Outstanding Results

Putting Rhythm Back in Your Life

Try using this simple formula when organizing your day and prove to yourself how effective it is:

Work in short intense bursts for 1 ½ – 2 hours Try to focus [...]

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The Rhythm of Outstanding Results

On October 26, 2012 By

Here’s a riddle for you:  What do sleep cycles, seasons, lunar cycles, music, tides, space-time strings, and rotation of the earth, planets, and sun have in common with outstanding, sustainable business results?

The answer is rhythm.

Nearly everything in the world around us has a rhythm. We are surrounded and [...]

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Do Less to Accomplish More

On October 3, 2012 By

 

Do you try to juggle multiple e-mail and instant messages at once, text message while watching TV, or surf the web while working on a project? If so, you may be paying a mental price for this mulit-tasking.

A recent Stanford study showed that media multi-tasking might not be as efficient as we may [...]

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As the volume of web pages has exploded exponentially during the past two decades, the challenge of finding high quality information has also grown.  Simple web searches often produce thousands of hits, most of which are either advertisements or sites that provide no value to you.  So how do you cut through the mountain of [...]

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