One of the most disruptive trends in technology in the last few decades has been the leveraging and (pardon the fancy talk) disintermediation of the old ways that made the wheels of commerce go round. That means that new technologies that are labor saving and disrupting of the status quo cause big changes. Here's an old-fashioned example: Long before there was MS Word there were typewriters. These days, typewriters are an antique collector's pride and joy, more than objects of any functional uses. For previous generations the typewriter was a labor saving essential for the workplace. Companies had entire typing [...]
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Picture swans sitting on a river, big and elegant white birds that glide across the water, seemingly without effort. They make it look so easy, don't they? They just seem to glide along, with hardly any visible exertion above the waterline. But here's the secret: If you could see them from the underwater perspective, it would be a totally different story. You'd see their little legs paddling away furiously against the river current, (kind of like that super competitive guy who's always trying to "win" in the spinning class). That's why a big white waterfowl, the swan, is a great [...]
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What Gym Software Can Do For You The whole point of owning a gym is to be able to take control of your own destiny. You can have a great job that's more exciting than the daily grind of office work, gives you freedom and you get to help others achieve health and fitness. What could be more rewarding? That is, if you can overcome the types of distractions that are likely to undermine your efforts and steal the hours from your day. These distractions come in many forms but you can beat them with effective management and the use [...]
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