Your passions mean nothing. Your passions mean everything.

Many times I’ve debated — and have asked friends whose opinions I trust — some form of this question:

Is “follow your heart” good advice?

Because you know what? It sounds really compelling. We all like the notion of a kumbaya world where we can do exactly what we want to do, whenever we want to do it. We all really dig… Continue Reading

The Badass Project conference is January 26th & 27th. 18 speakers. Online. Totally free.

So you like the idea of being a badass? You’re sold on badassery? You admire people who are badasses, and you want to become more badass yourself?

Are you sold on the idea that excuses suck, that most excuses are bullshit, and that the minute we learn to master our own true abilities is the minute our lives become amazing and virtually unlimited?

Well,… Continue Reading

30 Unreciprocated favors

If you’re one of those nitpicky assholes who likes to try to catch people screwing up and then tell them Nyah-nyah, you did this wrong, you probably noticed that I’ve fallen short on my promise to try six 30-day trials during 2011 and were all set to yell at me.

I tried biphasic sleep, the Slow-Carb diet, releasing resistance, Continue Reading

The Flinch

Anyone who reads this blog has probably noticed that I really like the work of Julien Smith. And really, if you like my writing, you’d probably like his.

Let’s drill it down a bit further. Remember my post “You are dying, and your world is a lie“?

Well, if you liked that specific post of mine, you’re going to like Julien’s… Continue Reading

Things are more badass

Today’s post is over at my nonprofit, The Badass Project. You should read it.

Read it here.

P.S: My last post was short. This post is short. This one doesn’t really count, though, because the post I’ve linked to isn’t short at all. And it’s bad ass.

P.P.S: Don’t get used to short posts from me.