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May 4, 2011 By Joel Runyon 31 Comments

Start

That thing you love.

That thing you were meant to do.

That thing you keep putting off.

Start that.

Right here.

Right now.

Go.

What are you waiting for?

Start

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I started IMPOSSIBLE to push myself to try to live a life worth writing about by pushing my limits, living an adventure & telling a great story by doing the impossible. You can get free updates in your inbox via your new favorite newsletter, free fitness training tutorials, and see all my businesses at Impossible X and our philanthropic efforts at Impossible.org

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  1. Rick says

    May 4, 2011 at 8:58 am

    Great way to start the morning. Thanks Joel

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      May 4, 2011 at 3:50 pm

      Sure thing Rick 🙂

      Reply
  2. Anum S says

    May 4, 2011 at 11:59 am

    Love these little posts that motivate me to keep going.

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      May 4, 2011 at 3:51 pm

      Glad to help Anum.

      Reply
  3. James St. James says

    May 4, 2011 at 12:23 pm

    Thanks Joel. I needed that.

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      May 4, 2011 at 3:51 pm

      No problem 🙂

      Reply
  4. Jelena Milosevic says

    May 4, 2011 at 12:27 pm

    Right now I did finish something,so I can start:)

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      May 4, 2011 at 3:49 pm

      Awesome Jelena

      Reply
  5. James St. James says

    May 4, 2011 at 12:34 pm

    Re-Blogged at http://www.revolutionaryalternatives.ca
    Thanks Joel.

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      May 4, 2011 at 3:49 pm

      Cool. Thank James.

      Reply
  6. Brad says

    May 4, 2011 at 12:35 pm

    After reading your long winded post, I think I will summarize it to help other readers out. START!

    🙂

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      May 4, 2011 at 3:50 pm

      Haha, thanks for the TL:DR 🙂

      Reply
  7. Kurt Swann says

    May 4, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    Joel,

    Excellent post. Short and to the point . . .proves that often “less is more”!

    Kurt

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      May 4, 2011 at 3:50 pm

      Truth

      Reply
  8. Meg says

    May 5, 2011 at 12:02 pm

    I am reading so many uplifting posts today. 🙂

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      May 6, 2011 at 1:08 am

      Reading is awesome (thanks, I appreciate it) 🙂 but doing is better.

      Reply
  9. Nina Yau says

    May 6, 2011 at 8:59 am

    You know a thing or two about starting, Joel! Always glad to see a friend do exactly that which he wants to do (even if it’s scary, even if it’s challenging, even if it’s non-traditional). Go you!

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      May 6, 2011 at 11:56 pm

      Thanks Nina. See you in a month!

      Reply
  10. Justin Hamlin says

    May 6, 2011 at 7:39 pm

    I feel this is a cop out for you Joel…

    you write much longer posts so well, now, you, go, go get back to those.

    now.

    Start that.

    Right here.

    Right now.

    Go.

    what are you waiting for?

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      May 6, 2011 at 11:53 pm

      🙂

      Reply
  11. Todd Schnick says

    May 6, 2011 at 7:43 pm

    why is this so hard for people?

    so simple. yet so hard.

    people need to read “poke the box” and “do the work” if they need a push…

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      May 6, 2011 at 11:53 pm

      I think it has something to do with that “I might fail” thing 🙂

      Reply
  12. Brandon says

    May 9, 2011 at 1:39 pm

    The Power of Simple Words.

    Thanks for the inspiration man!

    Brandon

    p.s. I like the simple post and the inspiring words but your picture looks a little Scrabbled. 😉

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      May 10, 2011 at 7:43 pm

      I think that’s where the artist got the inspiration!

      Reply
  13. Matthew Paulson says

    May 11, 2011 at 11:21 pm

    You should write another post with the letters “STOP”. I think there are a number of us that do things that we’ve always done and don’t have a good reason to continue to do them. I make more money with my small business than my day job, but haven’t gotten the urge to quit yet and be a full time entrepreneur yet.

    Reply
  14. Amanda says

    May 25, 2011 at 2:13 pm

    “Stumbled upon” this this morning and have already told a few friends about it. Love what you’re doing.

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      May 25, 2011 at 8:23 pm

      Thanks Amanda 🙂 Hope you stick around and share it with a few friends 🙂

      Reply

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