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November 2015
How to figure yourself out
You’ll only be able to figure yourself out when you stop trying to figure yourself out.
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Meaningful conversations..
Are my source of energy.
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The real price of following your passion
I’ve lost $200k over the past two three following my passion.
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Happiness
Sometimes it’s about getting back in touch with someone you haven’t talked to in a while.
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Is persistence really the secret sauce?
Whenever you ask successful people what made them successful they'll always say persistence. That they never gave up. That they never stopped believing in themselves. That they kept on pushing. No matter what.
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Everything you need to know about blogging in the 21st century
I’ve now been blogging for more than two years.
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On being consistent
The worst thing someone can call you these days is to be inconsistent. It’s like telling you that you’re not a real human being.
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Getting stuck in life for no apparent reason
Yesterday I had a really nice chat with Kate and Paul on my podcast. Well, actually they were asking me a whole bunch of questions for their upcoming documentary called Startup and Deliver.
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Try this instead
According to statistics most of us won’t be successful. I won’t be successful. You won’t be successful. None of the people you know will be successful.
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Can you tell what's missing?
Here's a great survey on marketing and content strategies I got the other day. It went something like this:
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We all got Amazon, Medium, iTunes and Product Hunt totally wrong
You could easily replace the above mentioned platforms with every other platform out there. Like LinkedIn or Pinterest or Twitter. Or Facebook. It doesn't matter. They are all the same.
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Do more of what gives you energy
The older we get the more we do things that suck the energy out of us. That suck all the life out of us. Of you. Of me. Of all of us. And we stop doing the things that give us energy. We never take the time to recharge the batteries.
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This might be sexist but..
The other day a friend of mine who recently started an online magazine for women asked me if I wanted to contribute an article talking about female entrepreneurs. It should have been about female entrepreneurs and whether investors favored male entrepreneurs.
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All chips all in..
A lot of people wait for the right set of cards to go all in. In life and in business.
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Being good at life
is all about not being perfect, screwing up every once in a while and getting back up again. Again and again. Until it all starts to make sense. Until it all starts to work out..
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Personal growth porn
Everywhere you go people want to help you to become a better person. Or a genius. Or smarter. Or more successful. Or better. Or faster. Or skinnier. Or whatever..
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10 or 11 unusual things I learned writing every day
I'm done with my 30 day writing challenge. At least I think I'm done. I'm not 100% sure. I'm too lazy to check and go back to see when I started.
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How to be three steps ahead of everybody else
Whenever I sit on a train, bus or whatever I don't see anyone. It's not that I don't see people. I see plenty of people. But I don't see their faces. Their faces are usually buried in all sorts of different devices.
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“This changes everything”
Whenever you meet someone in let's say Germany, France, Hungary or wherever and this person tells you about what she's going to do, you'll almost automatically assume that she's going to fail. People will smile and walk away as fast as they can.
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The new currency of the 21st century
A lot of people say that ideas are the currency of the 21st century. Before that it was information. But information became useless once we all got access to pretty much all of the information out there with a few simple clicks.
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Don't be one of those
Don't be one of those people who only talk about the stuff they want to do all the time but never do.
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How to become the best at anything
Sometimes the muse hits me and I know exactly what to write about.
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I'm an overnight success
Ever since people can share their lives online, most of the stuff we tend to see shows people living amazing lives.
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No explanation needed
Sometimes there is no explanation for what we do or did. Or as a matter of fact for the things we didn't do.
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I don't know
I'm going to tell you a secret. The secret why I write and say I don't know all the time.
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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."