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Archives for February 2011
Discipline is…
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. ...
The Fun Manifesto
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 ...
Mental Escapism and The Thing In Front of You
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 ...
Average People
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 ...
The Other Eight Hours
“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 ...
21 Ways To Survive A Snowpocolypse, Blizzaster, Snowmageddon or Any Other Cleverly Named End-of-the-World Pseudo Natural Disaster
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 ...
Impossible Update: January 2010 – Snowpocalypse Edition
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 ...
