The Impossible List is over 7 years old. Woah. That sort of makes me feel old. For the uninitiated, the impossible list is NOT a bucket list. A bucket list is done one time, an impossible list is constantly updated. And, for the longest time, the Impossible List has been just a list on a site - a simple bulleted list - that I crossed out whenever I finished a project. When I started, it was no big deal - just a few items on the list and only a few ...
What do you see?
Take a look in the mirror. What do you see? Be careful. Because you're becoming them every day. See a person who can't get to the gym on time? See a person who just can't seem to get their sh*t together? See a person who can't quite smoking, biting their nails or some other stupid habit. See a person who doesn't eat healthy because you're "picky" and you "never liked" those foods. See a person who's so unique - that there's somehow a ...
Lessons Learned Working & Traveling for 1 Year Straight – 7 Continents, 29 Countries, and 200,000+ miles Later
This summer marked a year straight of travel. In the last year - in fact in the last 6 months - I've been on all 7 continents and since I started traveling, I've been to 29+ countries in the past 12-13 months (I'm losing track). I didn't set out to do it, but as it turn out, I accidentally knocked another thing off my impossible list - travel for a year straight. As I've been trying to explain my life to people lately, it looks something like ...
Wear Your Own Motivation
Why haven’t you done that thing you’ve been wanting to do? If the answer is, "I’m just waiting to get motivated." Shut the ---- up. Motivation is crap. Be your own motivation. Wear it all over yourself if you have to. You are going to die. What other motivation do you need? Figure out what you want to do, then plaster that ISH all over yourself. See it every time you look in the mirror. Stop telling yourself you want to be this, or ...
48 Hours In Doha
Today's story doesn't really fit anywhere on the site, but I wanted to share it. Feel free to skip it if you like, but some of the hardest parts of 777 had nothing to do with running. This story is exhibit A. /// “I gotta get out of this place.” I was going on about 36 hours straight of no sleep. My flight. I was already here 12 hours too long. On the way to South Africa from Bali, I routed through Hong Kong to start the journey to Africa. I ...
Hell on the Hill 4
After 777 finished in Cape Town, I swore I was done for the year. I needed to recover, do some physical therapy and get strong again. Then I found myself running across Liechtenstein and Monaco. I swore I was done after that. Then I heard about Hell on the Hill...and..well...you can probably guess where this is going. Hell on the Hill isn't a race as much as it is a challenge - 100x up (and down) a hill in Jesse Itzler's backyard in ...
I’m Going To Help 100 People Start A Blog For Free (and get $350 in WP Bonuses). Do you want in?
Blogging has changed my life. It's taken me from living in my parents basement, to running triathlons, to growing an online business, running ultra marathons, starting another business, building multiple apps, and traveling around the world. Some of the places I've been able to go because of blogging (this was just this ...
The Blackmail Yourself Beta (want an invite?)
For the last few years, I've talked about blackmailing yourself into goals. I've done it a ton of times myself to get ready for a photo shoot, prepare for a talk or just get more stuff done. In the past, I've used Stickk, but that was a really great solution in 2007 - but it's 2017 now - and they haven't really changed much at all. I've wanted to build a Stickk alternative for a long time, but I wanted to keep it simple and - to be honest - haven't had ...
You’re Not Special
Hey you. I've got something tough to say to you. If you're feeling sensitive, you're gonna want to close this blog right away, but it's important... You ready? Well...here it is: You're not special. Whaaa? I know your parents told you different - your teachers did too - maybe even your band director or life coach. That you're unique. You're special. There's no one else quite like you. Even online, you get the message that ...
Visiting Pencils of Promise in Laos!
Earlier this year, somewhere after Bali and before South Africa, I stopped over in Laos to see the Pencils of Promise Laos office. While I had a chance to visit Guatemala in 2013, I've never been to any of their other communities. Since, I was in the midst of a Southeast Asia jaunt, I thought I'd see what the team is up to. We got a chance to meet the Laos team, see the first ever school that Pencils of Promise build, see a school build in action, and ...
