Daily Pimp http://www.dailypimp.com Mind, Body, Hustle Sat, 02 Feb 2008 13:36:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dreamhost’s 7.5 Million Dollar “Woops” Today DreamHost, where Daily Pimp just happens to be hosted, had a little accident and over-charged pretty much all of their auto-pay customers for an entire year of hosting. I noticed today looking in my bank account that I had an authorization from DreamHost for $310. My ... http://www.dailypimp.com/2008/01/15/dreamhosts-75-million-dollar-woops/ Know Your Worth A big reason a lot of us don't get ahead of the game is because we don't charge enough for our services.  There is always the pressure we face to drop our prices in order to successfully get a client, but sometimes we go way too low.  I think everyone ... http://www.dailypimp.com/2008/01/14/know-your-worth/ Getting Started Everyday A regular day for me involves waking up, showering, brewing up some coffee, and then hitting my home office to get some work done.  Even though I'm awake, showered, and drinking my coffee I sometimes don't feel motivated to work.  I decided to start thinking about what might be the ... http://www.dailypimp.com/2008/01/11/getting-started-everyday/ Time Managment Thoughts Ever have those days where you have a boatload of work to do, but you find yourself playing games, or browsing YouTube for hours? Or how about browsing Facebook or MySpace, watching the time tick by? Even though there is nothing wrong with any of that, we all ... http://www.dailypimp.com/2007/11/19/time-managment-thoughts/ Not Very Daily Even though Daily Pimp hasn't been very daily lately, let me just say that my hustle has very much been daily.  I've been rolling out at least 2 or 3 new web sites a week and my earnings have more than doubled since September.  I've also been working pretty hard ... http://www.dailypimp.com/2007/10/28/not-very-daily/ Vacations & Trips I am someone who doesn't vacation or go on trips as much as I should. I'm usually good for a 10 day + trip every other year or so. I always have a good time, but one of the side effects of traveling for me is motivation. ... http://www.dailypimp.com/2007/09/05/vacations-trips/ Keeping Your Cool I’ve had to exercise keeping my cool lately.  One of my clients doesn’t speak English and I’m forced to communicate with them in Spanish.  This isn’t too much of a problem because I can speak Spanish well enough to deal with them.  They just have been making weird little mistakes ... http://www.dailypimp.com/2007/08/23/keeping-your-cool/ Finding Your Motivation I’ve had some people tell me that their idea wall isn’t giving them the motivation they thought it would, but that’s ok.  There are plenty of other places where you can search for motivation.  Search through your emotions.  What do you have in your life that brings out emotions?  Emotions ... http://www.dailypimp.com/2007/08/23/finding-your-motivation/ Set Up A Wiki I know I go on and on about idea walls for your own personal use, but what about when you’re working in a group?  The solution is a wiki.  A wiki can basically be used as an electronic idea wall where you can collaborate with anyone else involved in the ... http://www.dailypimp.com/2007/08/20/set-up-a-wiki/ Idea Wall Items How are those idea walls coming along? If you’re asking yourself what is an idea wall then please see my post titled: Idea Wall Today I have a few great things for you to print out and add to your wall. If you don’t put them on your idea ... http://www.dailypimp.com/2007/08/17/idea-wall-items/