linchpin in training
In: Life|Success|Time & Money
28 Apr 2010Back in December, my wife and I made a decision to turn our TV off and stop watching it. We went cold-turkey. When making this decision, we also agreed upon a few guidelines. A movie on Friday or Saturday night was perfectly acceptable. The Olympics, of course, were exempt from all rules. Canada crushed it. [...]
Don’t leave just yet ladies… This one is for you too. This post was inspired by two of my favorite books that I’ve referenced quite a bit over the years, “Ballsy – 99 ways to grow a bigger pair and score extreme business success” by Karen Salmonson and “The 4-Hour Work Week” by Tim Ferris. Karen’s [...]
Since January or so, I’ve made a conscious decision to blog more often. I’ve had this blog since 2006 and sometimes would go four or five months without making a single entry. I gained much motivation from my father-in-law who writes an excellent blog called Quoteflections.com. He started his blog around the beginning of 2008 [...]
How many of you know someone that’s totally over optimistic about everything in life? Everything is always great! They’re always smiling and, sometimes, when things aren’t going our way, they are still smiling, and thus we want to just rip that silly grin right off their face! STOP SMILING! Compare that to the opposite type [...]
I’m 29 years old, and I’m not sure I’ve found my “thing” yet. I write this blog, I consult with businesses, and I help them make more money. I show businesses how to use the internet to grow their business and make more money. I do a little of this and a bit of that. [...]
In: Success
10 Mar 2010The other day I mentioned that the manual doesn’t exist. There’s no specific manual or step-by-step action plan to achieving success, but there are tools to guide you. However, these tools only work when you’ve got the endpoint in mind. This reminds me a lot of GPS Navigation. If you get in your car and [...]
In: Creativity|Life|Success
17 Feb 2010I read a quote from Hugh MacLeod on GapingVoid.com, where he said, “Everyone is born creative, everyone is given a box of crayons in kindergarten.” I agree. Yet somewhere along the way, most of us seem to lose that creative spark. Who’s to blame? Do we blame schools and education? Do we blame our parents? [...]
Have you seen the video of the guy at the outdoor festival who’s dancing like a nut and within minutes has hundreds of people dancing with him? It’s an awesome video that made the viral rounds a while back. I’m sure you saw it. Derek Sivers explains that there is more here than meets the [...]
No, not in the sense you were thinking! My wife won’t let me write that post! But hear me out. Yesterday I heard a comment while watching an event being streamed live on ustream.tv with someone very successful. One of the viewers made a comment suggesting that this person’s success and was the result of [...]
To continue with my Seth Godin fanboy’ness I wanted to share an interview with Seth that David Garland conducted today. David who I met and found through twitter runs a cool site called “The Rise To The Top.” It’s worth bookmarking in your RSS reader. David’s got good advice and has some great guests. Key [...]