03Feb 2018 by Slinkwords
WordPress Site Spewing Spam, Fighting The Nuisance

WordPress Site Spewing Spam, Fighting The Nuisance

Web Design
My Site Is Spewing Spam Have you received a notice from the site host that your site is infected? Do you use a utility such as Wordfence which has given alerts of modified/infected file in your site? I recently encountered the problem of spewing spam from my site, and here are my thoughts and final fix. First, let's clarify that this site is hosted on Godaddy, and in their vast number of sites, writeandcreate is an extremely small fish. Because of this, I received no notification from them. Fortunately, my site has the Wordfence plugin installed. Wordfence, whether using the free or paid version, provides an invaluable service to the site host, owner, and web users in general. I received an email from my site that multiple files were infected,…
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03Feb 2018 by Slinkwords
Competition Is Human Nature

Competition Is Human Nature

Inspiration
Human nature hasn't changed much in two thousand years. People still compete with each other, jockey for position, and bump their oversized egos against one another. The twelve men who followed Jesus were no better or worse than the people in your organization. Just as Jesus did then, you still have to settle disputes and deal with human pride and vanity on a daily basis in order to keep your organization functioning smoothly. Paradox of Power by Pat Williams
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03Feb 2018 by Slinkwords
Pat Riley – Make Every Second Count

Pat Riley – Make Every Second Count

Inspiration
Excerpt from a Pat Riley pregame speech. Do you realize that each of us spends no more than thirty thousand days on this planet? That's two and a half billion seconds. And do you realize that tonight you are going to be on the court for forty-eight minutes, and that's only 2,880 seconds. And the only thing you have the power to do today is to go out and play your best for 2,880 seconds? That's a very small part of your two and a half billion seconds. So let's make it your very best! Paradox of Power by Pat Williams
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