While some may think video games are primarily useful for developing a hunched back and carpel tunnel, they’ve also been known to improve dexterity, eyesight, and responsiveness.

I myself am a “gamer” - although I prefer to be called a “Lieutenant Colonel’. ;) I spend a good amount of time playing video games, nowhere near as much as Matt Brett, but still an hour or so every few days.

One genre of games that is really starting to take off is self-improvement. These games aren’t brought to you by Tony Robbins or Steve Pavlina. Rather, they’re almost exclusively available for Nintendo platforms (the Wii and primarily the handheld DS) under the name of Touch Generation.

Unlike the games you may have played when you were a kid in school, these aren’t your typical 2+2=4 on a computer from 1987 games. And they’re not really aimed at children. They’re made for gamers of all ages (6-60) that may be looking to improve themselves in some way and have fun while they’re at it.

You invested several years of your life and tens of thousands of dollars into learning the processes of every procedure in your industry. You know the exact steps needed to write a business plan. You won’t consider running an ad unless it opens with a headline and closes with a tagline. Step by step wasn’t a family sitcom starring Suzanne Somers, it’s your life story.

The thing is, there comes a point where you can overflow with processes. Your work begins to resemble it’s ancestors. Each letter, website, product, looks all too familiar. While plagiarism is an issue in every market, when you start to accuse yourself of it there’s a problem.

I noticed a post on the 37signals product blog that wrote about Darius’ COLOURlovers. Their idea was to use the colour palettes on CL to spice up your Basecamp account, if you so happen to use one for project management.

Eric and I have been using Basecamp somewhat faithfully for the past …

I’ll start this post by saying, many of the following statements may contradict advice I’ve given in the past. Some of you may agree and disagree with the words that follow, all of which are based on something I’ve gained over the past several years. Experience.

You either have it or you don’t. There’s no adequacy in between experienced and inexperienced. The latter of which I’ve advocated on many occasions and still have a small portion of beliefs allocated for.

I, you, and we, will only have the opportunity in our lifespan to embark on 0.1% of the World. There isn’t enough time in the day, money in our pockets, capacity in our brains, or stamina in our bodies to attempt everything, and gain experience while doing so.

A couple weeks back we reviewed a gentleman by the name of Adriaan Pienaar, a “WordPress Rockstar” in the making. Adii was kind enough to contact us recently and offer one of his goodies to a YGG reader (that sounds so wrong). His Premium …

I wrote this shortly before my computer issues arose last week.

It’s bright outside. Awfully bright. I’m not used to this.

For the past 3 or so months, I’ve enjoyed living as a creature of the night. While you arose at 6 am, punched in at 9, and crawled home …

We get quite a few requests in our inbox each month for paid reviews. Almost all of which have nothing to do with business or have any relevancy to you guys and gals.

Thankfully, we were approached by a young entrepreneur for a review a week or so ago.

That young go getter’s name is Adriaan Pienaar (aka Adii), whose based in Cape Town, South Africa. Adii is a freelance designer who’s also completing his Honours Degree in Business Management.

Having begun the chronicling of his life and work in January of ‘07 at http://www.adii.co.za (quite the popular blog), Adii is approaching the one year anniversary of his foray into the world of blog design and development.

Today is Blog Action Day. An important opportunity for bloggers of all sizes to influence the thoughts and actions of the mass and media. Collis, Cyan, and their team have done a phenomenal job organizing this event and having it recognized worldwide.

We were one of the …

There are plenty of guides, books, articles, and directions as to formulas for effective advertising. Donald Gunn narrowed it down to 12 back in 1978, Suzanne Pope, 11 or so over at Ihaveanidea. I want take 4 directions that may or may not be labeled exactly as to the two lists I mentioned, and give examples of how you can use them, whether that be in networking, marketing, or face-to-face with your customers.

Stories

It’s not a matter of writing stories, but creating them. FedEx is known for their fly through a blizzard to ensure their package arrived on time story; a timeless classic in every b-school. A more recent one got to me and is an even better example from a customer’s perspective: