We think we make our decisions because we logically thought of something, gave both sides of an argument their fair due, and then made a level-headed choice that most of planet earth would deem sound. In reality, our decisions end up wherever the tempest that is our over-hungry, under-rested, status-needing, short-sighted, maniacal subconscious has thrown our ...
Last week I had the privilege of trekking to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro with a good friend of mine. Needless to say, lessons were learned. I tried to keep them different from the lessons I learned trekking to Everest Base Camp 2 years ago. And I didn't make a video this time like I ...
Before the explosion of possibility the information revolution has brought us, the entrepreneurial world seemed like a tough nut to lay your roots into. Everywhere you looked, there was hierarchy, scarcity, and a bunch of old, gargantuan trees looting most of sunlight. So you felt like you had two choices: 1) Be a leaf on a tree ...
I find that a good amount my readers (aka: you wonderful folks) find yourselves in one of these 2 situations: Those who would like to work on their hobbies for increased intrinsic joy Those who would like to make money from their hobbies But I after I did some more research I found an in between ...
When we try to create a business built solely around a passion, we oftentimes feel frustrated that we can’t put it together and earn income from it. The reason we struggle with figuring out how to monetize our passions is that passions are by definition, selfish. What do I want to do? What is my passion? ...
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