How to raise $5,000 in 7 days: Gratitude, Giving Back, and Founding an NGO in a week

January 13, 2014 in Make Money

In 2010, after 2 years of traveling that was funded by computer businesses that I created while traveling, I decided that it was time to give back. I decided to create an NGO to help poor children in India get access to computers—and I wanted to do it in less than a week. Our first […]

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The Results Are In: Here’s What HtS Readers Want Out Of 2014

January 8, 2014 in Exercise

On Monday, I asked you to tell me all the exciting things you were working on for 2014. Wow! You actually responded. Ahhh, so validating. I can honestly say HtS readers are doing some of the most interesting things collectively. Here’s what some of you are working on: Thanks for getting back to me, guys. […]

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What do you want out of 2014?

January 5, 2014 in Exercise

Last week, for New Years, I decided to relive my old pushup days—this time, in a private jet terminal in Miami. Well—I got regulated in the comments   Sure, I was just trying to show a cool shot. But the beauty of the internet and social media—even though that picture is still totally awesome—-is that […]

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The HtS 2013 Year In Review [Part 1] + Accountability Partner Matchup

January 2, 2014 in Exercise

It’s 2014. Clean slate. If you’ve followed me in the past, you know my struggles with productivity. But in 2013, everything changed. I realized what was holding me back — something much greater than myself. And in 2014, I’m not going to just show you how I did it. I’m going to help you do […]

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Who Pushes You?

December 30, 2013 in Productivity

When I was 12, I decided that I wanted to make video games. So I asked my parents to let me go to the Xtreme Game Programming eXpo (XGDX). Normal kids ask for an Xbox. I asked to hang out with 40 year old nerds talking about bump-mapping and neural networks. Back then, my idol […]

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