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Effective design = helping people understand things.

Images via atissuejournal.com Case in point: pasta packaging for Italian Chef Pietro, a new pasta brand developed from scratch by Fresh Chicken Agency. It’s delightfully simple and memorable, isn’t it?

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Have you ever noticed that…

People who are successful become that way more often than not because they paid attention to stuff that was unrelated to their unique situation. They keep their eyes open for ideas and suggestions. They expect to find them. And more often than not, they do. It’s easy to forget that.

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Got 5 minutes to hear some business-building ideas?

You know that at any given moment a lot of people are all ears, right? You‘re one of them, no? Okay, so people are looking—searching. What are they searching for? “Who knows, all kinds of things,” you may be thinking right now. My 2¢: That’s the easy way out. Not a quality kind of easy, [...]

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Did you ever notice?

It’s noisy out there. Getting people to notice, experience and remember much about you is not easy. That’s why it’s very important to be clear and simple about who you are.

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This just in: Do you ever lose hope?

Yesterday, one of my regular readers asked me this question: “Do you ever lose hope and wonder if the problems are too big?”  My 2¢: Rarely. I’m in the empowerment business. So I’m obliged, in a good way, to see the possibility. May 10, 2013

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A simple idea that shines: window socket

  The so called window socket is designed by Kyuho Song, and it converts sunlight into electricity to allow people to charge their small electronic devices (think smartphones, laptops, tablet computers and similar gadgets). Story & images via toxel.com. My 2¢: The world needs more simple solutions to overlooked problems that actually need to be [...]

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