So…yeah. This is my first blog post in two and a half weeks. Helloooo there! What better topic to tackle then, than motivation. Specifically, how to stay motivated when it comes to blogging. How I Do It My key to keeping my motivation when it comes to creating content for this blog is that I […]
Molds. Everywhere you go it seems people want to compare you to others. Ohh, you’ve been dating 3 years and aren’t engaged? Well, Joe and Jane over there only dated for 2 years before they got married. You’re 29 and retiring from your corporate job? [weird, twisted face] Umm, I don’t get it. [shaking head] […]
Wowie zowie. Sometimes the blogosphere (or at least the teeny tiny piece of it that I monitor) seems to blow up about the same topic all at once. Perhaps it’s like some blogger, mind-reading thing? Or maybe they get together in secret and plan it out? Who knows. What I do know, though, is that […]
I caught the trailer for the unofficial Facebook movie for the first time on tv today. (I don’t watch much television, has it been playing for a while?) The Social Network, starring Justin Timberlake and Jesse Eisenberg, releases early October. Considering this is a movie about one of the centers of the entire social media […]
It’s no secret that I am a fan of goal-setting. In fact, you might even go so far to say that I’m a bit bonkers for it. (Let’s see, I talked about it here and here. And it’s also related to this and this.) Nate and I set goals every January, writing down in our […]
Wow, there were so many fantastic responses to my post last week on the importance of your Why in accomplishing, well…anything. Thank you for sharing what drives you! Thanks, specifically, to John T. Meyer for sharing his thoughts and the link to this TED video from Simon Sinek: I recorded my thoughts on your Why, […]
What’s the worst thing that can happen when one person asks another person for something? That they’re told no, right? No is the worst result, the one where you end up in the same place you started. The best result, of course, being yes. Or at least a partial yes. And even a partial yes […]
I just recorded a super-casual, quick thought on your Why: (If you can’t see the video, click here.) Do you remember Why you’re doing this? Whatever your “this” might be? (This business, this project, this job, this venture, whatever.) Think about your Why – is it grounded in a goal for yourself or for others? […]
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