Authenticity

How to Swim Through A Sea Of Social Troubles Without Drowning

To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache [...]

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What’s Up With All The Video?

[If you're reading this in email or RSS, you might have to click through to watch the video.] I’ve been producing a lot of videos lately – at least, for me – and I wanted to take a few minutes to explain what’s going on. I recommended Shama Hyder Kabani’s Zen of Social Media Marketing [...]

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Making Personal Development Fun

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Vlad Dolezal from Fun Life Development. Think back to when you were a child, building a lego house. (Or using a similar building set.) You would set off to build a house… then halfway through decide to make it a horse ranch instead… then get distracted by [...]

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Aligning Strategy and Compassion

Today’s post is a conversation I wish someone would’ve had with me years ago before I started my entrepreneurial journey. I may not have been able to understand it then, but it would have been nice to at least have it on the board. I’m sharing it with you so that it is something you [...]

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Do You Have the Weirdo Syndrome?

“Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else” – Judy Garland One of the things that comes up over and over again in my conversations with a lot of the cool, creative people that I meet is what I’m calling the Weirdo Syndrome. The Weirdo Syndrome is the [...]

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Why Formulas and Trends are Often Dead Ends

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Ken Robert from Mildly Creative. Have you ever followed a foolproof formula into a big, brick wall? Have you ever rode a sizzling hot trend right into a drainage ditch? The next time your best laid plans meet a dead end, ask yourself this: were you chasing [...]

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What We Gave Up When We Gained Abundance

We went camping the weekend before last and managed to do so without injury. It turns out that slowing down to a sustainable, mindful pace and going with the right tools makes a huge difference. If that were all I had to talk about, I probably would have tweeted it. There’s more, though… This was [...]

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When A Guardian Sets Down His Shield…

(This is another video post, so if you’re reading this in a feed reader, you may have to click through. I’m still working on figuring out how to patch it through – please bear with me.) Update: my lip/nose situation is doing better. You’ll see that. Big news: I’ve started the process of resigning and [...]

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Beyond Productivity: Living From The Inside Out (Episode 5)

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(This podcast is also available from iTunes under Productive Flourishing.) The High Cost of Productivity In Episode 4, Andre, Dustin, Sara, Duff, and I discuss why people are drawn to productivity, as well as whether there are some costs to productivity. This is the first part (of two) of this conversation. In this episode, you’ll [...]

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