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I keep reading. As long as I read I continue to have fresh ideas, whether they are on the topic of the book or not. - Tony

Keep reading, keeping finding new sources of information. If it is fatigue or burnout, then do take a break, go outside, commune with nature. - Dave "Freedom 35"

David, I agree. Unplugging for a bit is always a good way to rejuvenate. - Morgan

Time Management (As difficult for me as many others). Mandatory change of scenery at least weekly and at least few hours a day - Charlie Anzman

endurance is more important than truth. - Thomas Hawk

Blog about anything and everything. In my personal blog, I have the latitude to do that. - Ontario Emperor

@thomas - care to elaborate? i'm intrigued... - Morgan

good points vincent. i like to keep a library of thoughts or a few sentences of posts i've wanted to write for when i'm tapped. i also look to the MSM for ideas - usually they're inaccurate or paint in broad strokes which provides plenty of opportunity for additional analysis. - Morgan

I blog about what I am passionate about, and it just so happens to be my full-time company as well. If I get burned out, I stop for a few hours ;) - Andru Edwards

Morgan, something Charles Bukowski once said. Truth is important, universally, but calling endurance more important than truth elevates it to a new level as part of the creative process. Whether book after book by Lee Friedlander or Gene Smith's spiral of addiction with the city of Pittsburgh or Warhol's ceaseless art of creating art for money or Kerouac's speed induced frenzy that become "On the Road," true vision is frequently accompanied by high feats of endurance. - Thomas Hawk

I suspect many of who are considered great bloggers maintain similar levels of endurance. Eg. Arrington never sleeps, Scoble lives it 24/7 etc. Renewing your inspiration based on the significance of endurance is where motivation sometimes lives. - Thomas Hawk

I have to agree with Vincent Ferrari. FF has seriously improved my online activites. - Roberto Bonini

thanks thomas - that is a great insight. it does seem that those that reach the highest heights in their respective fields are the ones who endure longer than the rest. - Morgan

great point vincent. i have found that to work as well. i blogged, then added podcasts for variety, did some vlogs, then back to writing - well put! - Morgan

blog less - Stefan Hayden

I post when I have something to say. Other than that, I try not to worry about it. - Steve Olson

what if you experience burnout and need to find a way to reboot? - Mister Groonk

i loved this video. its my new lazy sunday. - peter

Impressive lack of professional conduct. - Mustafa K. Isik

"you have a case of incipient verbal diarrhea." and it just gets better from there. - Lawrence Denes

So that's what passes for professional in Texas law? It's awesome! - Dave Roth

@Jake: I love networking, meeting new people and remembering things about them/ and their life. I find there's a tremendous amount of value in tending to the network that supports you. Highrise helps me do just that. How about you? - Elliott

Yup, use Highrise all the time. Pretty satisfied. - Fred from twhirl

@Elliot: I use Highrise to manage the sales activity for my 9-person startup as well as all my networking contacts. The repeating Note->Followup cycle is what makes it really worth it for me. The only thing I'd like is for highrise to "ping" me when I haven't spoken to certain people in a while. How do you handle that? - jakebf

@Jake: If you go to the Contacts view, you can sort the contacts by "People without Notes in the last 30 days". That's what I would suggest... - Elliott

Yeah, I know about the People w/o Notes thing, but the feature is a little half-baked. I have lots of people in Highrise that I just don't care about. Better would be a Google/FriendFeed-style free-form search thing so I could do "tag:important AND last_contact < 3/1/08" ... or something. - jakebf

Sadly this only works inside the United States - Adewale Oshineye

"Geotarted" service. - Chris Nixon

Great screencast-- I hadn't used hides before. I have mixed feelings on the UI, especially the number of options for "friend-of-friends." I also think pushing hidden items to the bottom might not be discoverable enough. But whatever - awesome. - jakebf

Very helpful to see how this was intended to be used. Thanks! - RyanEs