Hani Khaursar shares what it means when you make it your priority to pursue things that bring you bliss daily, and an opportunity to meet cutting-edge entrepreneurs and others who are living a life of Blisscipline here in Southeast Asia next week.

Last week my friend and colleague Monica O’Brien published her first book, Social Pollination: Escape the Hype of Social Media and Join the Companies Winning At It, a thorough guide to social media marketing for small businesses, entrepreneurs, and PR and marketing folks.

My guide to 14 of the best-available ebooks out there that will help guide you through branding yourself, creating your own successful freelance business, outsourcing and turning your business into an empire on the web, easing into the nomadic lifestyle and getting the best travel deals.

A short update from my travels in Laos, upcoming Bangkok events for social good, and a note about Greg Rollet’s new Under 30 Rock Star Business Course. Greg and the guys from Under30CEO will be teaching you how to build a successful online brand starting 1 week from today.

This economy sucks, and it has a lot of people down, but it’s an opportunity to take your reputation, and your career, into your own hands. Help me empower as many people as I can this year to start a business, build awesome online presence, and live a remarkable lifestyle!

My Gen-Y colleague Dan Schawbel has strategically positioned himself as a personal branding expert over the last few years, and he continues to impress me on nearly a monthly basis. Among his many projects, Dan founded an online magazine called, fittingly, Personal Branding Magazine, and their new quarterly issue is out on November 1st. From the beginning, Dan has partnered [...]

For newbies out there who don’t quite know how to best put Twitter to use, and for those of you who aren’t using it yet but are wondering if the new web service is worth your time: This Guide is for You! What is Twitter? Twitter is a new social network/instant messaging mashup that’s being referred to as a micro-blogging [...]

Ever since I discovered Google Custom Search, I’ve been using it to pinpoint the exact kind of awesome articles, tips and tricks I’m looking for much quicker, and to increase my efficiency and decrease the time it takes me to find answers or write up blog posts. Personally, I’m a big fan of productivity lists, how-to’s, and life hacks, so [...]