A lot of people want a lot of subscribers. They get excited about growing their list + get so excited about the top number that they forget about the other factors involved (including quality, open rate and subscriber activity). If they keep it up, they'll notice their top number (total subscribers) increases, but other metrics (revenue, opens and activity) actually decrease! So, it surprises some people that every month I delete at least 30,000 ...
Archives for 2016
The Best Headphones for Productivity (Over Ear, In Ear, and Noise Cancelling)
Updated July 11th, 2019 If you're wanting to listen to binaural beats to increase your productivity and get sh*t done, you need good headphones to rock out on. These are not the cheapest headphones. When it comes to my gear, I'm willing to pay for quality and comfort. I use them everyday, so I want it to work, last and I want to be happy with them. If you're looking for the cheapest headphones, you're in the wrong place. But if you've already ...
IMPOSSIBLE 000: BACK AT IT
BACK AT IT After a long time gone, the IMPOSSIBLE PODCAST is BACK and better than ever. Let's get it. [powerpress] RETURN OF THE PODCAST Review on iTunes Review on Stitcher Support The Podcast Cold Shower Therapy MoveWell Mobility App Get Impossible Gear (more gear coming soon) ...
“We’ll See”
Once upon a time, there was an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years. One day his horse ran away. Upon hearing the news, his neighbors came to visit. "Such bad luck," they said sympathetically, "you must be so sad." "We'll see," the farmer replied. The next morning the horse returned, bringing with it two other wild horses. "How wonderful," the neighbors exclaimed! "Not only did your horse return, but you received two more. What ...
The Answer
There's a simple formula you can use any time you run into an obstacle. If there's a problem going on in your life, there's only one answer. To be truthful, it's less of an answer, then a system you can go through to put yourself in check and figure out how to move forward. Think of it as a simple checklist for doing hard things. Here it is: Fix your mindset Get Stronger Build Discipline Become Resilient Get After it It sounds ...
How To Create a Custom Fitness Dashboard with Gyroscope
A few months back, I ran across Gyroscope – a personal dashboard for your fitness and life. I've been tracking a lot of random things for a while (weight, steps, travel, runs, etc), but they were always isolated in their own apps. What happened was that I had a bunch of data that I was collecting, but no way to see it all. When Apple released Healthkit a few months back, I was hoping that would pull everything together, but all it did was give me ...
Practical Ways To Get Into The Zone
If you need to get stuff done, power through an obstacle or do something ----ing impossible, you need to fix your head first. If you can't fix your head, you've got no chance. So if you want to get stuff done, move obstacles and go after your own Goliath, you need to get into the zone. Here's how: Stop Eating Sugar Probably my biggest vice & the easiest thing to mess you up quick. More than anything, sugar screws with your energy levels. ...
Audio Hacks for Productivity
If you want to make changes to your productivity routine, you might want to change the things that you put in your...ears. Here's a few hacks that have worked for me to help you get locked in and get more work done. Infinite Repeat I started doing this a few years ago on accident. I somehow clicked the "repeat one song" button on iTunes and found that the song I was listening too looped really well. Pretty soon, I zoned out and got into a deep ...
Bullsh*t Creep
Beware the bullsh*t creep. It’s silent, subtle and deadly. It’s starts off innocently enough, but pretty soon, it starts to affects your life outlook: You sleep in 1 day - you start to think it’s okay to be late to things and don't respect people's time. You let 1 assignment go unfinished - you think it’s okay to not finish projects. You become a starter, but not a finisher. You forget to workout - you think that “1 day” won’t really ...
State of the Impossible – October 2016
It's been a while since I've done a run down of what's going on here at IMPOSSIBLE so I thought I'd take the chance today to go over all the new things happening here. Over the summer, I've done quite a bit of traveling including: Barcelona, Rome, Greece, Switzerland, Croatia, Iceland, Portland, San Diego, NYC, Park City, Tahoe, and a lot more and in the meantime, we've rolled out a TON of updates to IMPOSSIBLE, the company & the apps we've built, ...