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Set place – What You Think About Becomes Who You Are

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One thing that I’ve noticed is that everyone has a set place, a default action that people tend to reset to. Think about it–when you’re not working or executing something on your calendar, what do you spend your time doing? You might think you have no predefined place, but dig deep. Do you find yourself [...Read the rest of the article →]

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It doesn’t have to be like this

Some days, when I wake up, I feel invigorated, powerful, and ready to make something happen. But some days, I feel like a waste of blood and flesh. Like I have no purpose, that I’m floundering without meaning through life. Today is one of those days. Making a change I’ve written about expecting failure before, [...Read the rest of the article →]

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Embracing Fear And Getting Kicked Out of an Airport Lounge

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I was just asked to leave the Admirals Lounge at Miami Airport. For ‘soliciting customers’ Ever since I started traveling, I’ve always wondered what is beyond the star studded gates of lounges and priority clubs. But, cough up $50 to enter? Never. While reading through the rule book, I found a small loop hole—priority club [...Read the rest of the article →]

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Habits, Failure, and the Creative Process–How IDEO, the World’s Premier Design Firm, Succeeds by Expecting Failure

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[Note: Much of the research that I cite in this article comes from the Heath brothers' excellent, highly recommended book Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard] Failure is not failing. Failure is a part of the learning process. I received an email today that made me think deeply about failure, especially with [...Read the rest of the article →]

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Building Focus Via The 50-Minute Focus Finder

No sales pitch, no marketing—just amazing advice for how to block out productive blocks in your life to build success into you life. Check out this video—I follow steps similar (with the Pomodoro Technique), and it revolutionized my productivity. Watch this video with Dean Jackson and be amazed. The 50-Minute Focus Finder from Dean Jackson [...Read the rest of the article →]

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Hack The System Podcast: Episode 1 with Jonathan Mead

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Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Hack The System show! You should subscribe to this show on iTunes. Starting today, you’re going to get access to interviews with the worlds’ foremost experts on blogging, lifestyle design, traveling, and life/system hacking. In short–you’re going to learn how to kick ass. In this episode, I sit [...Read the rest of the article →]

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Productivity and Heroin Addiction – How living in a cave turned me into a blogger

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Journal entry – January 15. 99.5% of people. “I’ve failed my New Year’s Resolution . I wish I could do better. I just don’t have enough willpower.” Have you ever set a goal you didn’t achieve? Ever tried a New Year’s Resolution that didn’t stick? What separates the 0.5% from the 99.5%? What makes some [...Read the rest of the article →]

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7 Awesome End-Of-The-Year Blog Posts You Should Read

My favorite thing about the end of the year? Reading the end-of-the-year blog posts from my favorite bloggers. Today, I’m pleased to show you my favorite summaries of what went right and what went wrong in 2011, along with some goals for 2012. 1) MarsDorian.com – Read my blogging lessons of 2011 and avoid sucking as [...Read the rest of the article →]

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Each day’s direction

Once, when I was 12, I went on a field trip in Yosemite. I was tired, but the tour guide told me something that resonated. “You just have to keep putting one foot in front of the other.” I hadn’t realized that walking was a process that could be simplified even further–one foot in front [...Read the rest of the article →]

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The Art of Serenity: Finding Solitude In A Busy World

(This article was written in October, during the solo portion of my trip. I lived in the Utah desert for 28 days, with no backpack, tent, sleeping bag, or technology) “But nothing will help quite so much as just keeping quiet, talking with other people as little as possible, with yourself as much as possible.” [...Read the rest of the article →]

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