Today I'm going to ask you to take a challenge. This year we're embarking on a huge adventure as a community with The 777 Project. If you don't know what I'm talking about, The 777 Project is an adventure and philanthropic initiative to run seven ultra marathons on seven continents in order to raise funds and awareness to build seven schools with Pencils of Promise to make the impossible possible for thousands of students around the world who don't ...
Archives for August 2014
Impossible FM #014: The Power of Consistent Committed Action & The $25 Challenge
[powerpress] Over the past few days, we've been getting a few questions from people who want to get involved with what's happening with the 777 Project. In today's episode, I talk about the #1 way most people can get involved with 777. It's through a little something, we're calling the $25 challenge. Find out how you can take part & do something impossible today. Links to Listen To This Episode Listen on iTunes Listen on Stitcher Click ...
The Biggest Challenge of My Life: The 777 Project
Today's a big day. For the last few months I've been hinting at a big, upcoming impossible project. Today it's here. I want to share with you The 777 Project. - the next impossible thing. The 777 Project The 777 Project is my next impossible challenge. It's a challenge to run 7 ultra marathons on 7 continents as an effort to help build 7 schools with Pencils of Promise.. This project will be the most challenging thing I've ever done and take ...
Impossible FM #012: “We Choose To Go To The Moon”
[powerpress] In today's episode, I talk about the one of the reasons behind tomorrow's big announcement and share a short speach that my friend Kurt sent me. It's a video of John F. Kennedy at Rice University announcing the goal to go to the moon in 1962. It's an inspiring speech, but one that also requires immediate action. Going to the moon is no small task, so if you say you're going to do it - no matter how good of a speech you give - you better get ...
Why The 10% of Your Brain Myth Is Probably A Little Bit True
I ran across this quote by Muhammad Ali the other day: You can hear Arnold Schwarzenegger quote him in this video, which is well worth watching if you have time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyhOmBPtGNM One of the things that always amazes me about the human body and mind is their ability to keep going. Despite what your mind tells you, you almost always have more left to give. The 10% Myth There's a myth that you only use 10% of your brain. ...
Why I Started My Blog
The why behind what you do is often more important than what you actually do. Here's my why. --- A little over 4 years ago, I started a list. I was an out-of-work college grad, 9 months out of school who couldn't get a job for the life of him. I had started a couple blogs while trying to figure out this "internet" thing, but kept accidentally overwriting the databases on my Bluehost box. Doh! I applied for jobs everywhere I could and everyone ...
A Few Updates on Cold Shower Therapy™
Cold Shower Therapy™ (daily five minute cold showers) has become one of the most interesting things I've talked about since starting IMPOSSIBLE. I've received more stories and more hate mail about this one concept than about almost anything else I've written. Here's the premise of CST: If you can’t do something uncomfortable and difficult for five minutes in the shower, how the hell are you going to do something uncomfortable or difficult in real ...
