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Archives for January 2016

10 Things I Learned Bootstrapping My First 4 Apps To 6 Figures

January 15, 2016 By Joel Runyon 14 Comments

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  Over the last couple years, my company Impossible X has released 4 apps. Cold Shower Therapy Paleo (io): The Paleo Food Reference App MoveWell Paleo Recipe Pro In all, we've grossed over $100,000+ apps since we've started. No, we're not venture backed. No, I'm not a developer. No, we're not building the next Facebook. But we are profitable and we've had apps work extremely well for us. Here's a few major lessons I ...

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Filed Under: Bizness, Mindset

How To Cure Insomnia: 5 Experiments for Better Sleep

January 13, 2016 By Joel Runyon 7 Comments

I have an ongoing battle with sleep. For a long time, I simply hated it. Lying unconscious for 8 hours at at time seemed unproductive and boring. I would lay there, staring at the ceiling for an hour before getting bored and getting up to work on a project or something else that seemed like it was more productive to society. The aftereffects of this were that I would stay up to strange hours, crash out late, wake up late and feel groggy for the ...

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Filed Under: Fitness, Hacks, Nutrition

Why January Is The Perfect Time To Start Cold Showers

January 11, 2016 By Joel Runyon 33 Comments

Welcome to mid-January. The time of year when most people have already given up on their 2016 goals :) If you're reading this, don't be one of those people! This is the time to dig in. When things get begin to get hard, that's when the work is just starting. When most people slouch off, that's where there's opportunity. When the cold gets uncomfortable, that's when it's time to lean into it even more. Here's why you should take cold ...

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Why Do The Impossible?

January 4, 2016 By Joel Runyon 11 Comments

I got a question the other day: What is the main “why” for you when you do hard stuff? What makes you do the impossible? The answer for me is pretty simple: Atrophy Atrophy is the concept that everything is in a natural state of decay. You know this intrinsically: If you don’t get stronger, you naturally get weaker. If you’re not getting faster, you’re getting slower. If you’re not learning or practicing new things, you’re forgetting ...

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Filed Under: Mindset

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