There’s one problem with every single thing you've ever read. It affects every book you've read, every guide book you've downloaded and each and every blog post you've ever read – including this one. They all have the same issue: They don't do the work for you. You can read inspirational quotes until your vision gets blurry. You can read and re-read about writing a better story with your life. You can even laugh at me when I try to do triathlons on a ...
Archives for January 2011
4500 Miles, 70+ Hours And Going Big: The BIT Road Trip Roundup
I’m back! After more than 4,500 miles and 70+ hours in the car in less than 14 days, I’m back in Indianapolis. Here’s what the final itinerary looked like: Indianapolis --> Chicago --> Dallas --> Austin --> San Antonio --> South Padre Island --> San Antonio --> Austin --> Dino World --> Dallas --> South Bend --> Indianapolis --> Woodstock, Canada --> Indianapolis While it was a little colder throughout the trip than ...
I’m Jumping Out Of A Plane At WDS – Who’s Coming With Me?
Most of you know already about the World Domination Summit. If you don't, you can find out a lot about it here. Here's the one sentence synopsis of the event - "In June 2011, a small army of remarkable people will converge on Portland, Oregon for a weekend of strategizing and adventure." The World Domination Summit [WDS] is a conference being organized by Chris Guillebeau, so like most things he does, it should be nothing short of amazing [no pressure, ...
Specificity Matters
Hello from Woodstock - the dairy capital of Canada. I'm a little over 4,000 miles total into my road trip and I've been to both the Mexican and Canadian borders so far and I'll be enjoying the Canadian snow and ice for the next few days – turns out it's a little colder in Canada in January than it is when I last visited in August. Back then, I was able to snap a photo with Woodstock's pride & joy – the SpringBank Snow Countess – the World Champion ...
Do More Online by Doing More Offline
Greetings from San Antonio [again!]. I just got back from a few days at South Padre Island [and the Mexican border] and started my just-over 1900 mile trek north to the great country of Canada over the next week. Here's a picture of Bobz World – possibly the world's biggest attraction of useless SPI tourist paraphernalia – but they did have a giant gorilla that I thought was worth sharing :). I do a lot of work online. I usually work 8-9 hours/day [at ...
The Hidden Dangers Of Surrounding Yourself With Like Minded People
Greetings from San Antonio, Texas! We're 3 days and 4 cities into the trip so far. It's a little chilly down here, but not quite as cold as Indiana [which got almost 3 feet of snow the day we left–warmth is a relative thing, right?]. We'll be trying to outrun the cold as we head down to South Padre Island for the next few days and I'll being doing my best to shoot a bunch of video postcards on the way. -- Surrounding yourself with like minded people can ...
Announcing The 2011 BIT Border to Border Road Trip
Everyone these days seems to be going on road trips, book tours, or just visiting other parts of the country. It looks like I've got the memo too, but my reasons are a bit more conventional – I'm going on vacation :) I've mentioned before that I actually have a normal 9-5 job. As part of that, I've got a few days of vacation left that I need to use before they expire in February, so I'm going on vacation to someplace warm. Specifically, I'll be escaping ...
The Uncommon Start To A New Year: Spectacular Failure
UPDATE: 100 Pushups Video Update I'm starting the year off a bit differently than a lot of people in blog-land. I failed. I've been saying for a while that I was going to do 100 pushups. Well, I didn't do 100. I WASN'T EVEN CLOSE. In fact, I didn't just fail – I failed spectacularly. It's a little humbling to write this actually. I'm a big advocate of telling other people your goals in an effort to hold yourself accountable. That strategy feels great ...
