The greats weren't great because at birth they could paint / The greats were great cause they paint a lot - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, 10,000 hours I like to think that I get a lot done. I'm working on getting a lot more done. I believe that the more you do and the faster that you execute, the faster you'll improve. In other words, I believe that if you're prolific, you produce quality work much faster than if you try to be perfect. Why? The ...
Archives for May 2014
How To Triple Your Startup’s Organic Traffic with Zero Link Building – A Case Study
As a piece of our business at Impossible X, we regularly work with clients and startups to scale their business efforts exponentially as well as our other projects in-house. I haven't written a lot about our work on the blog, but today I wanted to share with you a success story - how we tripled the organic traffic of a Chicago-area TechStars company in just over six months. Note: The date range from this specific case study is from April 2013 to ...
Impossible FM #004: Michael Yoder on The Scorpion & The Frog
[powerpress] Today's episode is a little different as I sit down with one of my long time friends Michael Yoder and talk about an old, old Aesop fable - The Scorpion and the Frog - and how you can avoid shooting yourself in the foot while setting goals and taking action towards items on your impossible list. We also discuss the exact pronunciation of Aesop and grossly underestimate how long ago it was written. This episode is a little more laid ...
How To Get Over The Perfectionist’s Dilemma
Personal note: this is something I've been massively struggling with the last few days and I needed to write a post as a kind of therapy. Hang in there with me. Perfectionism is a funny thing. It's supposed to be regaled and with words like "craft", "art" and "perfection." It also causes more people to not do s**t than any other thing I can think of. Refining and editing your work has value, but perfectionism is a cancer and it will kill your work if ...
The Podcast is Back: Introducing Impossible FM
Last year we launched BBSF (Bigger Better Stronger Faster) podcast with my buddy Johnny B Truant. We did a few dozen episodes and discontinued it due to Johnny and I having different focuses for our individual businesses. That said, we both had a great time doing the actual podcast and the response to the podcast format was great and I enjoyed so much that I'm jumping back in and doing it again. Today we're introducing IMPOSSIBLE FM - the brand new ...
Impossible FM #003: Building 200 Schools with Adam Braun & Pencils of Promise
[powerpress] In this episode I sat down with Pencils of Promise founder Adam Braun to chat about his organization, Pencils of Promise organization which he started with just $25 and has grown over the last 5 years to build over 200 schools. Impossible has been involved with PoP for years (we built a school with them last year) so I was ecstatic to sit down with Adam and talk to him not only about his story and the PoP story, but how they did it and ...
The Plummet at the Summit is Back (2014)
I'm jumping off a bridge at WDS...who's coming with me? Yup - that's right - The Plummet at the Summit is back. Warning: Comfort-zone seekers turn back now After one year off, we're back to jumping off high things at WDS. For the uninitiated, the Plummet at the Summit is the annual bungee jumping event that we do in Portland in July. It coincides with the day before WDS (World Domination Summit) put on by my friend Chris Guillebeau. You can read about ...
Impossible FM #002: Cold Shower Therapy™ with Nick Reese
[powerpress] In this episode, I sat down with Nick Reese of NicholasReese.com to talk about Cold Shower Therapy™. If you don't know what Cold Shower Therapy™ is, you're either living under a rock or you've never read this blog before. Nick was THE guy who introduced me to cold showers almost three years ago. We talk about the story of how HE started using cold showers, how HE introduced the concept to me in five minutes during a conversation at a bar ...
New Impossible Gear Is Here (Plus a Giveaway!)
New Impossible Gear is here! We've got a brand new store. It's got a sleek new checkout process and a great new look. We've also switched around the backend so we're able to fulfill and deliver gear to you on a more realistic timeline. So - we're gonna celebrate with some free stuff! I've got a few pieces of leftover gear from our old store that got boxed up and sent to me. It's awesome, brand-new gear, but it's ruining my 100 thing minimalist ...
Impossible FM #001: How To Run 100 Miles with Matt Frazier
[powerpress] In today's episode, I sat down with Matt Frazier of No Meat Athlete to talk about his first 100 mile race and how he approached training and finishing his first major distance ultra marathon and the one thing he did in order to make sure he finished it strong. We talk about how Matt's diet choices (veganism) affected his racing as well as the mental grit it takes to get through some ridiculous endurance challenge of the magnitude of his ...
