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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What Lift Off Was All About (For Me)

[This post contains a video that's about 6 minutes long. If you're reading this via email or RSS, you might have to click through to see it.] I mentioned in the March 2010 Bonfire that the Lift Off Retreat was fantabulous, and since then I’ve been thinking about how I was going to talk about [...]

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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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Smoke, Mirrors, and Lemonade

Having the skill to reframe experiences, perspectives, and statements is a powerful skill to have. It can help you get the most out of life, and it’s a critical skill to have as coach, teacher, or leader. Like any skill, though, it has to be used in moderation. When it’s underused, we get fixated on [...]

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Should You Be A Tour Guide or An Expedition Leader?

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Cath Duncan from Mine Your Resources and The Bottom-line Bookclub If you’re getting inspired, being productive and creating ideas and things, there’s going to come a time, sooner or later, where you realize that your ideas and things are incredibly powerful change agents, that you have a [...]

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Your Happiness Counts

Looking at the title of the post, you’re probably thinking, “Duh! Of course it counts!” Really? You know this in theory, but I’m betting you don’t apply it as often as you should. How many times have you tried to come up with other reasons to do something besides the fact that it makes you [...]

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Behind The Scenes: The Talk With George Edition

It’s about the time where many people will start sharing their annual reviews, and I’ve been thinking a lot about this recently for other projects I’m working on. The review I’ll share today isn’t really an annual review as much as it is a shared reflection on the fact that I’ve been a rogue idea [...]

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What if? (#2)

What if… We stopped waiting for permission to be content and started working towards it? We spent less time thinking of what we can’t do and more time just doing things that make us come alive? We focused on loving ourselves first instead of trying to find love through others? We didn’t think it was [...]

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Effective Reading Strategies and The Bottom-Line Book Club

Want to learn more effective reading strategies? Check out this free podcast with me and Cath from the Bottom-line Bookclub.

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