However, the funny bit about our endless quest to know how Google ranks pages is that the truth has always been right in front of us: do the hard work of knowing your customer inside and out, establish your authority, and deliver the high-quality content they need.
via Google Hummingbird: Are You Still Playing Russian Roulette with Google? | Copyblogger.
This is a seriously good article. I recommend it highly if you are trying to establish an online brand.
Eating a low glycemic load diet that also follows the principles of the traditional Mediterranean diet can lower type 2 diabetes risk, new research suggested.
People in the study whose eating patterns most closely adhered to the principles of the Mediterranean diet and the low glycemic load diet were 20% less likely to develop diabetes than people who least closely followed the two diets, Carlo La Vecchia, MD, of the Mario Negri Institute of Pharmacological Research in Milan, and colleagues, wrote online in the journal Diabetologia.
via Low Glycemic Load Diet Lowers Diabetes Risk.
I have a very strong family history of diabetes. A long time ago I told one of the leading endocrinologists in Dallas about my family history and asked what I could do to minimize my risk of developing the disease.
Stay as thin as you can for as long as you can.
Several years ago I adopted a Mediterranean style diet. When I learned about the glycemic index I started avoiding most foods with a high glycemic index.
Sixty is on the horizon and I’m still not diabetic.
As the Federal Reserve considers weaning the nation from financial life support, a new study released Thursday by Pew Research Center shows that the number of young adults living with their parents in 2012 rose to a record 36%.
via For millennials, leaving the nest is hard to do – latimes.com.
Entrepreneurs Get Better with Age – Whitney Johnson – Harvard Business Review.
Independent Work May Be Inevitable – Whitney Johnson – Harvard Business Review.
Just as larger businesses provide economic stability to society in the form of higher pay, better medical care, and retirement, experienced workers provide intellectual and emotional ballast in the workplace including innovation expertise. Think about it — disruptive innovation is about playing where no one wants to play (low-end), or has thought of playing (new market).
Disruptive innovation. The more I think about this term the more I begin to realize it is time to change once again. As a life underwriting expert witness I’ve played in an area where few underwriters get to play. As I look back on the recent past expert witness work was never the main focus. The more I think about this the more I come to realize it is time to refocus.
So where do you want to play?
Photo by Chris Morrow
It was another rough day out here in Oklahoma.
Ten Tips for Senior Entrepreneurs | The Business Desk with Paul Solman | PBS NewsHour | PBS.
Great story. Click through to watch the video.
Red Meat’s Heart Risk Goes Beyond The Fat : NPR.
Everything you need to know about L-carnitine and TMAO (Trimethylamine N-oxide).
We all have stories that we tell ourselves about what our lives are—and those stories are always wrong.
via Writing Wednesdays | Steven Pressfield Online.
Learn to cut through the clutter and tune out the noise. Accept the truth about your life’s story, your situation, your Path. If you like what you see, do nothing. If you don’t like what you see, time to change.
Persistence over the long haul is key
via The Most Effective Strategies for Success – Heidi Grant Halvorson – Harvard Business Review.
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