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These blogs are worth reading.  See if there is a blog that could spark your interest.

http://www.businesscreditcards.com/bootstrapper/the-100-dail y-must-reads-for-entrepreneurs/

 

That`s a pretty good list and resource.  Thanks for sharing.

It occurs to me that if I read 100 blogs a day (or even half that), I might never have time to be an entrepreneur!  :)

I manage my news / blog / industry trends reading using 2 tools. Google Reader and my mobile phone. I have found that by getting a phone (blackjack) with web capabilities, even though it cost a bit more per month I was able to fit in this precious reading into the small parts of the day where I would normally be idle. Many of you may think, "I`m never idle" and that may very well be true, but for me I read news in line at lunch, waiting for a customer, whenever the timeslice is so small that I can`t get something else done. This is the only way I can keep up with the news with my busy schedule.

I keep hearing about how useful blogs are and I try to get some in occasionally but who has time for that? When I`m not actually doing work the rest of my time is spent marking my business.

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Rebecka Melson | Virtual Business Services | www.vbsofok.com

I`m with Rebecka....who has time for all that? :-)

Isaac Asimov said long ago, that the problem in modern times isn`t coming up with information: It`s being able to find the information you need, when you need it.

This comes from one of the 100 blogs. 

A university professor visited Zen Master Nan-in to inquire about Zen. But instead of listening to the master, the scholar kept going on and on about his own ideas.

After listening for some time, Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor’s cup full, and kept on pouring. The tea flowed over the sides of the cup, filled the saucer, spilled onto the man’s pants and onto the floor.

“Don’t you see that the cup is full?” the professor exploded. “You can’t get any more in!”

“Just so,” replied Nan-in calmly. “And like this cup of tea, you are full of your own ideas and opinions. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?”

As an entrepreneur, you can never be beyond learning more. You can never reach the end of your journey and say “that’s it, I’m done learning. I’m done moving forward. I’m done expanding my mind.” You must stay hungry. Stay committed to learning new things. Stay open to what other people have to say. Because once you stop that, you’ll cease to exist as a visionary, as an entrepreneur.

 

Well, since we`re using platitudes, there`s also the old saw about there being a time to plan and a time for action.

It`s all well and good to learn and learn and learn and learn. But somewhere along the line, you have to DO something with all that learning. And usually, while you`re busy implementing that new knowledge, integrating it, and testing it against reality, you`re too busy to read more and more other new knowledge.

That is why you have to come up with a system that allows you to have that "research and development" time put in to your day. I am a firm believer in getting the hand dirty and learning my trial and error. Once that base knowledge is there though that is when you can begin to try with other ways of doing things.

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china business card / Wall Street Journal Reader