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Archives for February 2011

Write Less

February 24, 2011 By Joel Runyon 47 Comments

Everyone wants to write more. What would happen if you wrote less? [Photo Credit] ...

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Discipline is…

February 22, 2011 By Joel Runyon 37 Comments

Discipline is... Creating. Doing. Acting. Every single day. Even when you don't feel like it. Even when you forget why you're doing it. Even when you don't think it matters. Discipline is imposing your will on today. Over and over again. Refusing to be overcome by whatever is staring back at you. Because someday. You'll wish you "felt" like it You'll remember why you're doing it You'll realize what you're doing matters Someday is too late. ...

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Filed Under: Hacks, The Impossible Tagged With: discipline, do something, every day

The Fun Manifesto

February 17, 2011 By Joel Runyon 60 Comments

You need to have more fun. There I said it. Stop taking yourself so seriously and have some fun already. There's been a glaring lack of fun happening lately and it's time we did something about it. We've Forgotten How To Have Fun It seems like all anyone ever talks about online these days are the same old blogging ideas: Start A Blog Create a posting schedule Build your brand Create your product Sell a Letter.ly subscription Debate if comments are ...

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Filed Under: Hacks, The Impossible Tagged With: Google, How to have fun, The Impossible, Zappos

Mental Escapism and The Thing In Front of You

February 15, 2011 By Joel Runyon 21 Comments

Sometimes I struggle writing a blog. I'll sit down to write a post I know I need to write and instead of writing it, I'll come up with a thousand other posts with catchy titles and interesting stories that I'll want to write instead. Of course, I don't actually write them, it's just a convenient form of mental escapism that distracts me from what I know I should be doing. Instead of writing the post in front of me, I'll convince myself that I should be ...

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Filed Under: Hacks Tagged With: Advice to myself, Thing 1, Thing 2

Average People

February 10, 2011 By Joel Runyon 47 Comments

The world is full of average people. They're everywhere. Average people of average height and average weight with average looks. They do average work at their average job with an average amount of effort. They have an average marriage to an average spouse with their 2.3 average children, who of course, perform right at the average in school. They have an average interest in an average amount of average hobbies but quit them within an average amount of ...

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Filed Under: Hacks, The Impossible Tagged With: average people, normal people, why be average

The Other Eight Hours

February 8, 2011 By Joel Runyon 40 Comments

“In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time but the will that is lacking” - Sir John Lubbock The #1 excuse I hear when people want to do something impossible is that they don't have the time. It's a common excuse but one that falls apart pretty quickly when you realize that the Gary Vaynerchuks & Richard Bransons of this world still manage to accomplish more piles of work than we can imagine even ...

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Filed Under: Hacks, The Impossible Tagged With: 40 hour work week, 8 hour day, the other 8 hours, where did the time go?

21 Ways To Survive A Snowpocolypse, Blizzaster, Snowmageddon or Any Other Cleverly Named End-of-the-World Pseudo Natural Disaster

February 3, 2011 By Joel Runyon 25 Comments

Today is day 3 of freezing rain, lots of snow, bad roads and generally terrible weather for anyone in the U.S. east of the Rockies. If you're outside the U.S. and have no idea what all the ruckus is about, or if you just happen to be a visual learner, here's a quick illustrated summary of what's happening stateside (via Bethany Hamm). As you can see, while many of my Portland blogger friends are enjoying sunshine & happiness, Indiana is placed ...

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Filed Under: Hacks Tagged With: Blizzard, Blizzaster, How To Survive A Cleverly Named Natural Disaster, How To Survive Snowpocalypse, Snowmageddon, Snowpocalpse

Impossible Update: January 2010 – Snowpocalypse Edition

February 1, 2011 By Joel Runyon 11 Comments

Indianapolis, IN Greetings from Snowpocalypse, 2011. It seems like the Mayans got the whole doomsday thing wrong and 2012 is actually coming a  year and a half early for those of us in the midwest. While we're pretty insulated here from natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes, we do get hit occasionally with the freak ice storm. Last night we had freezing rain and everything was covered in an inch of ice and the whole city has ...

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Filed Under: The Impossible, Updates Tagged With: 2012, BIT, Doomsday, Snowpocalypse

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