“People with dull lives often think that their lives are dull by chance. In reality everyone chooses more or less what kind of events will happen to them by their conscious patterns of blocking and yielding.” -Keith Johnston At the World Domination Summit, J.D. Roth – founder of Get Rich Slowly – spoke on the… Continue Reading
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Fear, Secret Identities, and Superpowers
If you could have any superpower, what would you choose? Invisibility, invincibility, flying, or perhaps mind-reading? Consider this: you already have superpowers. As attendees entered the theater for Chris Brogan‘s presentation, we were each handed a Marvel superhero trading card. As often happens in these situations, everyone asked their neighbor why we’d acquired pieces of some poor boy’s treasured… Continue Reading
Bringing Big Ideas to Fruitation
Most ideas never happen. Fleeting moments of brilliance are neglected in favor of mundane and seemingly necessary obligations. Just think what might be if you had followed through on just one or two of your great ideas… “Just one great idea can revolutionize your life.” -Earl Nightengale Scott Belsky, CEO of Behance and author of… Continue Reading
Reinventing Charity: The Story of charity: water
where can i purchase e cigarettes In many third world countries, the women and children spend several hours each day trekking from their isolated villages to the nearest water source, often several miles away. They collect the bacteria-infested water from swampy, stagnant ponds, and then lug home 40-pound jugs. When they arrive back in their village, they… Continue Reading
Courageous Introversion
Quiet people are traditionally seen as the weakest link or considered to be at a disadvantage in life. The people who speak up and fight for their cause are the ones who get their way. That’s the common perception, but is that really true? Susan Cain, author of Quiet, became a lawyer hoping that the career would… Continue Reading
Uncool is the New Cool
I first became of Brene Brown and her work via the popular TEDx talk on vulnerability. I was enamored by her findings and eagerly ordered her book, The Gifts of Imperfection in hopes of learning more. Though it contradicted many common belief, what she shared about how humans think and behave made perfect sense and, on some deeper level, resonated… Continue Reading
A Life-Changing Un-Convention
How do you live a remarkable life in a conventional world? Take a moment to think about it. What are you doing that sets you apart from everyone else? How are you living out your dreams? What are you doing to benefit humanity? If you don't have answers to those questions, I would encourage you… Continue Reading
World Domination Summit is a Go!
The registration for World Domination Summit was on Tuesday, so I woke up bright and early to patiently await the priority registration link in my inbox. I immediately bought my ticket, along with 400 other before the tickets sold out in under ten minutes. That means that 125 days from now I’ll be in Portland,… Continue Reading