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Author Archives: J. D. Bentley
Idea Idolatry: Letting Go of Ineffective Ideas No Matter How Much You Like Them
Tibetan Buddhists have this tradition of crafting mandalas out of crushed and dyed stones. They spend weeks drawing out very specific geometric measurements for the mandala and then, starting from the center and moving outwards, a team of monks create intricate designs and patterns one section at a time using the simplest tools. To any…
The Secret to Quick and Consistently-Awesome Writing
Two months ago I felt like a semi-successful blogger. I’d built up a decent readership and I was pumping out some good content on a pretty regular basis. However, I wouldn’t have told you I was a great blogger or even a good blogger. I was an okay blogger. No matter what I did or what advice I read or what kind of plan I implemented, I felt like I was sorely lacking in one very significant area. I felt like all the best bloggers had this one thing that I didn’t have, this one thing I needed to finally feel legitimate…
Consistency.
What Everybody Should Know About Working Online
Long time, no see! Don’t worry, Wage Slave Rebel hasn’t been abandoned. Not by a long shot! In the last month or so, I’ve really been kicking some ass in the way of creating an awesome web design business (called Idea Anarchy — Feel free to ‘Like’ it on Facebook!) and that’s why you haven’t…
Screwing Around at 4AM: A Video Post
I spent all of this week doing quite a bit of writing for the blogging course I’m working on. Everything is going great on that front, but by the time I sit down to write something up for Wage Slave Rebel I feel all blogged out. For a while I’ve been thinking (and talking, if…
What James Cameron Taught Me About Passion
I have been reading so much about Internet Marketing and SEO and E-Commerce and Blogging that I’m sick of it, but I have to do it. While Internet Marketing and all that comes with it aren’t exactly passions of mine, they are the means to my ultimate goal, that underlying passion that keeps moving me…
