Today, I am killing What-Ifs. I started the week picking them of at a distance. Ping. Pyew. Pzam. Way off on the horizon I could see their little heads exploding. It took almost no effort. Zing. Zow. Their tiny silhouettes crumpled, silent, too far away to see clearly. Today, they’re closer. They crawl up my [...]
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Idea generation is infinite. You can come up with another one at any time. Don’t hang on to an idea so hard that you fail to actually implement it. It may never be perfect, and that’s okay. The important part is that you try big, learn from the experience, and keep moving forward. This is [...]
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Marty and I have been watching Back to the Future. (He bought all three of them the other day.) When I was growing up, I wanted that almanac—with all the sports scores for the next fifty years. The Perfect Solution. Fast, reliable, easy money. Solve all my problems. Exactly what I needed. And I wouldn’t [...]
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You know… I never really listened to these lyrics. And now that I’ve have, I’ve been playing this one song over and over: As of last night, there is no doubt in my mind that eating more raw produce puts me in a more emotion-based state of mind. I feel moved more often. I feel [...]
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Why, exactly, do you need an excuse? Why do you need a program? Or a scholarship, or a recommendation, or a mandate, or an initiative, or somebody else’s carefully crafted plan? Why not execute your own carefully crafted plan?* Why do you have to wait for opportunity to knock? You can make your own opportunity, [...]
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This afternoon I read Chris Guillebeau’s A Brief Guide to World Domination: How to Live a Remarkable Life in a Conventional World. I strongly suggest downloading the PDF from the link he provides, and reading it. Right now. (Or, you know. Soon.) Here’s my notes redux… You don’t have to do what other people say [...]
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