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Renaissance Man Guide

December 24, 2010 by Joel Runyon 11 Comments

Impossible Doers,

Introducing The Renaissance Man’s Guide To Doing Everything. A brief guide on how to be a Renaissance Man in the 20th century and do everything despite other people’s claim that it’s “impossible.”

What to expect [things you’ll learn]

  • Why being a Renaissance Man is harder than ever
  • The only 3 types of things you’ll ever have to do
  • How to pursue multiple goals all at once
  • How to stop doing the stuff you hate [and start doing the stuff you love]
  • Why doing less can help you do more

Tech stuff: The guide is a pdf. It should work with all computers that have adobe reader installed. Also, if you have a Mac, Preview should have no problem with it. If for some reason it does not work for you, drop me a quick line and let me know what went wrong.

<<<Click here to open or right click to download the guide >>>

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A Few Notes

Copyright: I am the copyright owner of the content. That said, this guide is free. Please feel free to quote it, share it or link to it from your own site. All I ask is that you don’t change the content.

If you would like to share this guide, please use the following link – http://www.impossiblehq.com/renaissance-man-guide

Special Thanks To:

Andi Norris for the design & layout.

Matt Gartland for copywriting & proofreading

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Comments

  1. Mark Powers says

    December 25, 2010 at 5:21 pm

    You da man, Joel! I’m glad you did go ahead and combine these three killer posts into one resource. But WOW . . . you went over and above anything I would have imagined! It looks fantastic. I can’t wait to see the Impossible Manifesto and what’s in-store for you in the coming year. You rock, dude- thanks again!

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  2. Minimalist4Life says

    December 26, 2010 at 1:28 pm

    Joel, this is awesome. I really enjoyed reading this series of posts. Thank you for putting them together in such a great guide to refer to again and again!

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  3. Mark says

    December 26, 2010 at 5:45 pm

    Awesome guide man! When do you think we’ll be fluent in French?

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  4. Ryan says

    December 29, 2010 at 12:26 am

    Way to go Joel! I am sure many people will benefit from this. For me, it’s been great reading along. Cheers, man!

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  5. Roe says

    December 29, 2010 at 11:48 pm

    WOW, Joel! A pdf guide!

    Go, man, go!

    (I will be reading this since obviously…not being able to specialize is my achilles heel)

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  6. Lisa | LL World Tour says

    January 5, 2011 at 8:56 am

    Looks great Joel! Will the next edition be how to be a renaissance man today…in the 21st Century? 😉
    LL

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  7. Daniel Richard says

    January 7, 2011 at 1:41 am

    Found ya through David’s tweet. Looking forward to reading this on my mobile while on my reservist stint. 🙂

    Cheers Joel!

    Daniel

    Reply
  8. Caleb says

    February 2, 2011 at 3:11 pm

    Loved it Joel. Great stuff in there. Keep it up!

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  9. Tim Moon says

    December 28, 2012 at 2:18 am

    Yo! I’ve been reading your stuff for a while now and I’ve never heard of this before today. Can’t wait to read it.

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  10. Yuvraj says

    April 25, 2014 at 7:15 am

    I just downloaded it and will start my pursuit shortly. Joel, I love reading your posts and I am blogger myself. Coming back to the discussion, I would like to point out that you have written “A brief guide on how to be a Renaissance Man in the 20th century”. Shouldn’t it be 21st?

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