Month: April 2010
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Life Nomadic is Available on Amazon NOW
I think the people who pre-ordered for Haiti have had enough time to read the book, so now it’s time to make it available to everyone. You can buy the book here at Amazon! In case you’re new to the site, I haven’t had a regular condo or house in 4 years or so, and…
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The Meaning of Life Doesn’t Matter
One of the questions I tend to get is what I think the meaning of life is. I never have a good answer because I’ve never tried to answer the question. And I’ve never tried to answer the question because I don’t think that it matters. As children we’re conditioned to do what we’re supposed…
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Not Liking vs. Not Knowing
Do you like racing big wheels down the hills in the rain? I do. When I was in middle school, I was a picky eater. I didn’t eat meat and I didn’t eat any vegetables besides corn, potatoes, and artichokes. If it weren’t for my parents cleverly blending all sorts of vegetables into pasta sauce,…
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Who Are You Afraid Of?
Hypothetical situation: imagine that you have a twin with the same goals as you. If you want to become the CEO of your company, so does he; if you want to date that cute girl who you always see at the grocery store, so does he; if you want to be the leading blogger on…
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Two Books that are Kind of About Empathy
Today I’m going to talk about two weaknesses I have and two excellent books which address them. One book was recommended by my friend Brian Sharp during an awesome presentation he did at the Game Developers Conference (video coming soon, Brian?). It’s called Difficult Conversations. The second is called the Time Paradox, which I got…
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How Do You Get Things Done?
One of my projects I’m working on right now is a new productivity/accountability system. I have modeled it after my own method of getting things done and have been using it for forty five days as I built it. Roughly two weeks ago I invited some friends and members of my forum to use it.…