Kommein

Consider this: I can’t name one person who likes it when door to door salesmen or someone belonging to a religious organization rings the bell and begins the hard sell after we open the door. Yet, many of the same people who hide behind closed curtains rather than saying “no thank you” also send spam [...]

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As of this writing, I’m 46 years old. Depending on your own age, your thoughts might range from, “Damn, Deb. I had no idea you were so old” to “That’s still kind of young. Ish.” Let’s face it though, I’m no spring chicken. If you’re reading this, chances are, you’re a good ten to twenty [...]

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I’ve been using freecycle, the social network and listserve geared towards finding a home for clutter, for several years now. I don’t like to throw anything away, nor do I have time to organize a garage sale, and freecycling enables me to find a home for the stuff I have no use for. I don’t [...]

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This is a review of: The NOW Revolution: 7 Shifts to Make Your Business Faster, Smarter and More Social Back in the day, if we had a complaint about a product or service, we’d have to submit said complaint in writing, via snail mail, and hope the right person received it. If this was indeed [...]

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It happened again. I read a brilliant blog post and wanted to share it with others but there were no share buttons. I had no way to retweet or post to my Facebook status. I couldn’t give it a Stumble, vote for it on Reddit or even share with my associates on Linked In. And [...]

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If you were to ask me the most important lesson I’ve learned in 10+ years of doing this, I’d say it’s that a positive attitude and outlook makes all the difference in the world. In the early days I thought the best way to get ahead was to prove how great I am, even at [...]

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I’m a firm believer in the power of a positive start. New weeks, months and years are like clean slates. Use them to erase the negativity of the past to begin on a high note. I’m not saying to be someone different, but everyone makes mistakes. Everyone has a skeleton or two in the closet [...]

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1. I Won’t Wear a Christmas Sweater Very few people can pull off sweaters with big Santas or the words “Ho Ho Ho” spelled out. Consider this your public service announcement. Friends don’t let friends wear clothes festooned with holly leaves, reindeer, snowflakes, or any number of jolly seasonal patterns. 2. Ditto Using Ornaments as [...]

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2010 was an interesting year for Kommein, and for me. In the busy-ness of running a blog network, I sort of let this blog fall to the wayside. However, in the spring, Kommein found it’s mojo again, I sold my blog network, accepted a job with BlogWorld and began blogging  here full force. I’d like [...]

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