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Archives for October 2010

When Do You Give Up? Pt. 2 [Or How To Stop Banging Your Head Against The Wall And Become A Champion]

October 28, 2010 By Joel Runyon 28 Comments

WARNING: THIS POST IS LONG. PROBABLY TOO LONG. IN FACT, IT’S THE LONGEST ARTICLE I’VE EVER WRITTEN. IT’S OVER 3000 WORDS AND CONTAINS SEVERAL INTELLIGENT READER COMMENTS, AN IN-DEPTH STORY AND MORE INFO ABOUT MY LIFE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS THAN YOU PROBABLY CARE TO KNOW. I ALSO USE NUMEROUS REFERENCES TO THE 90s BULLS DYNASTY. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. YOU’VE BEEN WARNED. Last week Reader David asked me a really thought provoking comment on twitter: @ ...

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Filed Under: Hacks Tagged With: 90s Bulls Dynasty, Basketball, Dennis Rodman, Javelin, Michael Jordan, NCCAA Championship, Track and Field

6 Things I’ve Learned In 6 Months of Blogging

October 26, 2010 By Joel Runyon 28 Comments

Saturday was the official 6 month birthday of the blog. *Commence Applause* Honestly it’s not really much. When this whole thing started off as a personal project 6 months ago, I can't say I expected it to turn into what it did. Wow. 70 posts later, along with 3 triathlons, several other races, lots of new readers and some good friends, I've learned a lot in the last 6 month. Here are six key lessons: 1. Writing is the most important part of a ...

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Filed Under: Hacks, Updates Tagged With: 6 things I learned in 6 months, Blogging

When Do You Give Up? Pt. 1

October 21, 2010 By Joel Runyon 10 Comments

Earlier today I got this tweet from David and he got me started thinking. I actually had a whole different post planned for today, but I think this is a really, really good question that deserves an answer. [blackbirdpie id="28046401471"] For those of you that can't read the embedded tweet, he asked @joelrunyon - question: at what point does one admit, " this thing IS impossible," and give up? And how does one regroup.after failure? I know a lot of ...

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Filed Under: Hacks, The Impossible Tagged With: Giving Up, When Do You Give Up

It’s All Mental

October 19, 2010 By Joel Runyon 40 Comments

What's your default mindset? For a long time, mine was "can't." I can't do this. I can't do that. I focused on the things I couldn't do. I let people tell me what I couldn't do or I disqualified myself from doing things because I think I fit the criteria to do it. I've talked about that before and it's the whole idea behind my list. I'm don't identify as an idealist or positive thinking self-help advocate, but I think there's a huge value in reworking ...

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Filed Under: Hacks, The Impossible Tagged With: Hacks, Javelin, Running, Science Daily, Swimming, Triathlon, Willpower

In Case of Emergency

October 15, 2010 By Joel Runyon 18 Comments

The Train Emergency I snapped this photo in London on the subway [or “the tube” as they call it] last month. I had just jumped onto a packed train and as I squeezed myself in between 10 other people, I found myself face-to-face with this sign: In an emergency Use the passenger emergency alarm to alert the driver It is safer to stay on the train than attempting to get off Follow instructions from staff or emergency services Do not take any ...

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Filed Under: Adventures, Hacks Tagged With: Bad Advice, Contingency Plans, Emergency Plans, Following Orders, In Case of Emergency, Life Advice, London, Risk Taking, The Tube, The Underground, Train Emergency

The Most Valuable Trait You Can Ever Have

October 13, 2010 By Joel Runyon 37 Comments

Intelligence Manual Skills Physical Fitness Creativity Critical Thinking If I were to make a top 5 list of the traits that are traditionally seen as MVTs [most valuable traits], you’d probably see those 5. One or two might be switched out, but a lot of people talk about those 5 traits but consistently leave out the most important trait of all. This trait that allows some people to excel in whatever they do while others flop. This trait that lets ...

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Filed Under: Hacks Tagged With: Adaptabilty, Adaptation, Evolution, How to Adapt, How to learn anything, Mississippi

Waiting

October 7, 2010 By Joel Runyon 38 Comments

What are you doing right now? What do you want to be doing? Don't wait. Do that now. Don't know? Don't wait. Start thinking about it. Waiting is a game we play to tell ourselves that where we're at is okay when we know it's not. There are usually some legitimate reasons for waiting. All the ones you're thinking of right now probably aren't. If you're happy where you are, great. If you're not, do something about it. Now. Don't wait. I was thinking ...

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Filed Under: Hacks Tagged With: Sitting Waiting Wishing, Waitiing

The #1 Thing I Learned From 2nd Place In My First 10K

October 5, 2010 By Joel Runyon 24 Comments

Saturday morning I headed out at 4:45am. Unfortunately, due to equal parts bad navigation and poor marked signage, the short 1-hour drive turned into 2 1/2 as I turned myself around at least a dozen times. After some out-loud yelling at my car, I finally figured everything out and showed up to the race. The Race The main race going on for the weekend was a duathon [10k run, 40k bike, then another 10k run] and there were a few hundred people there ...

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Filed Under: Adventures, Fitness, Hacks, The Impossible Tagged With: American Health Network 10K, Barefoot Running, Muncie 10K, Muncie Powerman, Vibrams, Vibrams 5 Fingers

[Impossible Update] August/September 2010

October 3, 2010 By Joel Runyon 8 Comments

Every month Every once in a while, I take a look back at what I've done, what impossible goals I've accomplished, and what types of impossible things are on the horizon. It' been a great way for me to constantly encourage myself to keep going and do new things. If you're new, or just haven't read in a while, you can get a quick recap here. Here at BIT I started out August by knocking out the Tri Indy race. I talked about the Power of Why inspired by a ...

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Filed Under: Updates Tagged With: BIT Updates, Impossible Updates

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