In the latest podcast with Chris Guillebeau, we touch on mindset, business and our former careers as package delivery men. One time that came up, when it came to "making things" - is that it fundamentally changes your view on the world. I mentioned it on the podcast and realized I had never shared it on the site. Here's that quote: When you grow up you tend to get told the world is the way it is and you're life is just to live your life inside ...
This Is What You Do
On the latest podcast episode with Mike Wardian, he said something that made me think twice. When talking about how he gets through rough times running, he said he often just tells himself: This is what you do. He was talking about racing, but also battling through the suffering. Something about that was intriguing. The fact that you can build your identity around doing hard stuff. Around pushing your limits. That when things get tough, you ...
For When You Get Stuck
If you’re reading this and feeling stuck - you can’t figure out exactly where to go next or how to move forward, this post is for you. First of all, you’re not special. Everyone feels like this. I’ll have days where I literally won’t want to get out of bed and I’ll make a list: Get out of bed Put your clothes on. Walk out the door. Go workout. Get a coffee. You’re stuck because you’re overthinking it. You’re stuck because you ...
7 Lessons Learned from The 777 Project
Over the last 3 years, I finished 777: 7 ultras on 7 continents to fund 7 schools with Pencils of Promise. The journey was not as straight-forward as I expected - evidenced by the fact that I finished 6 of the races this year and the 18-24 month gap between races 1 & 2. This has been one of the hardest things I’ve ever done and one of the biggest teachers to me as well. So with that in mind, here’s 7 things I learned along the way (as well as a few ...
Money Can’t Buy Happiness (But Debt Will Make You Miserable)
The other day, my twitter friend Ed posted this: https://twitter.com/EdLatimore/status/912439406530662400 I responded https://twitter.com/joelrunyon/status/912440125857992704 Here's the thing Money won't bring you happiness. (You're free to try, but there's a lot of people that have gone before you that say otherwise). Still - no matter what - most people don't believe that. Mainly because - if you're in debt SOME money actually WILL buy ...
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 ...
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 ...
2,000 Cold Showers and Counting – An Interview with Rita Chand
I published Cold Shower Therapy almost 5 years ago. Since then, I've created an app, done a TEDx talk on it that's received almost 500,000 views, taken a cold shower in Antarctica, and gotten more hatemail about this one topic than anything else I've ever written. In the Cold Shower Therapy App (iPhone / Android), we have a leaderboard where people have literally tracked thousands of showers over the past couple years. However, today I want to ...
The Standard
My junior year in college, I quit basketball and decided to join my track & field team and throw the javelin. I picked javelin because I wanted to join the T&F team, but I didn't want to run (funny, huh?). The first thing I noticed about track and field compared to basketball is that there's a standard. Everyone knows where they stand. With basketball, you can talk about lineups, fit, intangibles and a bunch of other ethereal stuff that's ...
Taking a Cold Shower in Antarctica
Ever since I started writing about cold showers, I've gotten hundreds of thousands of reactions from people who've heard of the idea and tried it out. In fact, it's probably the one thing on my site that I get the most hate mail (and the most praise for). But, without fail, I get someone who writes in with something like: "It's winter, it's too cold to do it." "I'm not sure you understand, I don't like the cold." "I can't do it - I live in ...