Most of the time life and the things that help us grow as a person feel like standing in front of a crowd naked.
All the hard things tend to feel like standing naked in front of a large audience. Always.
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October 2015
Middlemen are NOT disappearing
Everyone says middlemen are disappearing. I don’t think this is true..
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Ignorance or growth?
The other day I overheard a conversation on a bus. Two women were talking to each other.
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It all adds up
Your first post might get one view. Your second might get two views. Your third might get four views. Your fourth might get eight views. And so on.
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Why you should NOT like your friend's Facebook page
I get dozens of invites from friends or followers to like their Facebook pages every day.
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Pressure
The other day I talked with a guy who recently started working. He said that he liked his job but that he also felt like he wanted to start his own thing.
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The new tribes
You're the average of the five people you surround yourself with. I hate this advice.
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Self help..
Why do so many people want to help you to help yourself? When it clearly says SELF HELP.
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What to do when you don't know what to do
Sometimes we get lost. Sometimes we don't know what to do next. Or if it even makes sense to do something next. Sometimes we're so overwhelmed by what's going on in this world and in our lives that we simply don't know what to to anymore. And when I say we, I'm mostly talking about myself.
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It still works
Twitter still works. Facebook ads still work. E-mail still works. LinkedIn still works. And yes, even blogging still works. Everything you think that doesn't work anymore still works. It's just that times changed.
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When people are disrespectful do this
One of my most successful blog posts is called What to do when people talk shit about you.
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The secrets of staying (and being) in business
The only way to be and stay in business is to be able to make two dollars out of one dollar.
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Hitting home runs
I'm now past day 10 of my 30 day writing challenge where I'll try to publish one article per day for the next 30 days. And I finally start to understand. I finally start to understand how Seth does it.
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What happens when we stop defining things?
It really amazes me how I sometimes come up with things to write about.
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Taking away the risk
When you take away all the risk all the time from all your work you'll usually end up with something that won't help nobody.
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Filling the blanks
Most people follow the crowd.
They go to the same colleges everybody else goes to.
They're applying for the same internships everybody else does.
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Why you shouldn't blog on Medium
A lot of people won't like what I'm about to say. But I'm going to say it anyway. Because I don't really care...
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Business
A lot of people tend to forget what business is really all about. Because business is not really about business. Today even more so than ever before.
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Changing the game
We all want to change the game. We all want to leave a dent in the universe. Change the way the world works. Change the rules of the game. Have an impact. And make the world a better place.
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Knowledge
There are three different ways humans can obtain information. Information that can then be turned into knowledge. These ways didn't change ever since we started talking to each other.
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Red nail polish
The other day I was walking around on the streets of one of the poorest countries on this planet.
You see many things on these streets. Wonderful things. Beautiful things. Heartwarming things. Happy things. Scary things. Sad things. Things that tear your heart apart. Things that will make you cry.
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What's really hard?
The other day someone asked me if it's tough to produce so much content. If I had a lot of pressure to produce so much content.
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- "97% of the people out there won't care about what you do. Act accordingly."
- "Money is not for buying things. Things don’t make us happy. Money is for buying ourselves some freedom to do the things that make us happy."
- "Being unrealistic is the most realistic thing you could do."
- "You just need one person who cares about what you do. And that person is you. And no one else. It all starts with you."
- "We always think we have enough time. Until we realize there's no more time left."
- "The only way to stay ahead of the curve is to create your own curve."
- "Be the dealer. Don't be the junkie. The dealer always wins. And the junkie always dies."
- "The only person you should try to please is your 80 year old self."
- "It's hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel when you keep your eyes closed.."
- "Most advice doesn’t work. Because most advice comes from people who’ve never even done the things they're taking about. And that's dangerous."
- "Being able to build something out of nothing is the most important skill. For what? For everything!"
- "Why are people who write about millionaire habits not millionaires?"
- "No one will magically find out about you."
- "The things you don't want to do are usually the things you should be doing. They're almost always the things that will get you where you want to be."
- "Don't let other people's reality be your reality.."
- "Today it's easier to get started than ever before. That's why most people give up so easily. Because it was so easy to begin with."
- "When you hate your job you'll never be able to do more than just mediocre work."
- "Don't listen too all the life advice out there. It's all B.S. Just like this right here."
- "No one starts as an expert. We all start from the bottom. And have to work our way to the top."
- "The only thing that will ever lead to quality is quantity. To do it over and over again. That’s the only way."
- "Be a Warrior, not a Worrier!"
- "New ways of doing things never work. Until they do. Just like old ways of doing things always work. Until they dont."
- "Constantly thinking about things won’t get you anywhere. You'll never find a solution just by thinking about it. You've gotta start doing."
- "Not getting it right is part of the process of getting it right."
- "How long does it take to change the world? As long as it takes to change yourself. So probably your whole life."
- "Focusing on results won't get you results. Focusing on the actions that produce results will get you results."
- "It's easy to forget all the things you have when all you do is to focus on the things you don't have."
- "Perfection will only hold you back"
- "Never listen to anyone who has never done what you're doing or want to do. Ignore your parents, your friends and pretty much everybody else."
- "Trading time for money is not freedom. It’s a prison. The only way you’ll ever be able to make more money is to trade more of your time."
- "The only way to beat the system is to know the system. Inside out."
- "It's not what you do on your good days that will make you. It's almost always what you do on your bad days that will either make you or break you."