This is a guest post by Johnny B Truant. Johnny is the co-founder of Sterling & Stone and the author of almost 100 books. My problem is that I never wanted to settle for doing any one thing. Maybe you can relate. I mean, in business, you're told to pick a niche. I couldn't pick a niche. People asked me what I did, and I couldn't tell them. For a long time, I set up websites while writing blog posts on topics ranging from triathlon training to tattoos ...
How To Kill A Project
I'm a big proponent of starting lots of things. I think it's a really good exercise in learning to become a doer. But there comes some times when you have to admit that some things fail (or even just didn't go the way you wanted them to go). Chris called this "letting go of a project." Letting go sounds really nice, but I've found it to be much more difficult than simply "letting go." The truth is that "letting go" often means a project dies, and you're ...
How To Find Out Who You Really Are
Last sunday I got to interview one of the most intense people I know – David Goggins. I first wrote about David about a year ago. If you don't know, David Goggins is a former 300 pound man turned ultra marathoner who's been deemed by some people as the "toughest athlete on the planet." He's done some ridiculous races including 100 milers, Badwater and a 200 mile race. David's changing up his usual ultra marathon racing with his attempt at a 24 hour world ...
Fight Like Hell
Sometimes trying to help people is discouraging. Impossible Abs is a project we've been working on for a while. It's a tough fitness program - I don't try to hide that (It's called Impossible Abs after all). Because of that, some people have seen some incredible results (more stories coming soon). Anyways, I don't get a lot of refund requests, but they do happen. I understand for the most part and promptly refund things as part of my 100% guarantee, but ...
How To Get Started Running
So you want to start running, huh? Well, that's a terrible idea that you're probably going to get addicted to and love to regret in the future. But, if you're up for it, here we go. Now, realize that it's going to take some time to start running. You probably won't decide to strip down to your boxers and run 30 miles after a few too many shots of tequila (unless you're Dean Karnazes that is - seriously, that's how he got started in running). But, ...
5 Lessons Learned From My First Ultra Marathon
This weekend I ran the Chicago Ultra Marathon. I never thought I'd actually run an ultra marathon. I told myself after my first ever marathon that that was more than far enough and I was quite okay. Then I found out about ultras and they kept popping up in my mind. At the same time, I found an amazing organization to partner with, and pretty soon I was working in a coffee shop sitting next to Nicky when I looked up at him and said, "I think I just signed ...
26 Point Tuesday
I never really knew much about running when I started. In fact I used to (and still do at some points) hate it. I didn't enjoy it for most of my life and actually threw javelin on my college track and field team so I could hang out with my track buddies without having to run. I hated it that much. I just started to do it as a byproduct of triathlons and like I said, I really didn't know much. I had run exactly 1 5k about 6 months before before I started ...
25 Things To Do With 25 Dollars
Greetings from NYC. I'm here meeting with the crew from Pencils of Promise for a few days and visiting the city for the first time in over a decade before coming back to Chicago tomorrow and running the 50k ultramarathon this weekend. Things are busy! --- If you're like me, you rarely use cash anymore. Nevertheless, I probably have about $25 on me at all times for random purchases, cash fare, or in case of emergency, etc. Here's 25 things to do with the ...
Do What You Hate
Do what you love. I think if I hear that one more time I'm going to throw up. It's not necessarily bad advice, but it's so overused there are legioins of people running around waiting for something they love to show up in their laps and change their life and are disappointed when that doesn't happen. I'm going to offer alternative advice. Do what you hate. Pick something you hate. Learn to love it anyways. Here's why: Do what you love makes it ...
A Brief Guide To Bravery
Spoiler alert: You don't have to be brave to do brave things. How Bravery Works There's this misconception that you have to be brave to do brave things. That's a bunch of crap. There aren't brave people – there are just people who do stuff that scares them and people who let fear tell keep them from doing things. Most people assume "brave" people accomplish "brave" things this way: Born without fear. Do something incredible. In reality, it usually ...