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Just One Penny

There are far more beggars in Florida than there are in Colorado. It’s hard to go anywhere without being panhandled. Not only that, the beggars in Florida are much more aggressive. They walk in between cars stopped at busy intersections doing their best to make eye contact. They make you uncomfortable. Clearly, these men and […]

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From Car Washer to Millionaire

A man named Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr., was the 2011 winner of the America’s Got Talent competition. Prior to trying out for America’s Got Talent, Landau was washing cars in West Virginia. Landau loves to sing. He would sing all day as he washed cars. And he would sing in his church on the weekends. […]

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Metrics That Matter

Social media has the unfortunate side effect of making us focus on metrics that don’t matter. Metrics like: Follower count Number of “Likes” Number of retweets Number of comments Traffic volume in a specific time period Of course, whatever you measure tends to improve (The Hawthorne Effect). So if you want more followers, then by […]

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