The internet made awesome
By the end of the week, I’ll finish the final draft of a novel I’ve been writing. It will then go to a few people who’ve agreed to give it a first read for me, and unless one of them says something very surprising, The Bialy Pimps will be for sale on Kindle by the end of the month.
But there’s more to this story. See, I wrote the first word of that novel … Continue Reading
1. Begin.
2. Do the work.
3. Ship.
4. Repeat.
Almost nobody truly does all four. Those that do inevitably become great.
Last year, Adam Baker and Karol Gajda did their “Only 72″ sale for the first time, and I was blown away by how incredibly they’d managed the principle of WIN-WIN-WIN. Everyone pays lip service to the idea, but Baker and Karol had embraced it, dated it, married it, and had like fifteen kids with it.
They made an offer that was incredibly WIN for the buyers. (Over $1000 worth of stuff for $97 last … Continue Reading
This post contains a lesson about life, about your job, and about being human. Hang in there with me with through the intro, because whether or not you’re an athlete, this applies to you.
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This summer, over a two-month span of time, I did an Olympic triathlon, a bike century, a half Ironman, and a marathon.
That’s not bragging. Bragging carries the assumption that I did it with a purpose, to prove something … Continue Reading
Sometimes I run into people I haven’t seen since high school, or I meet someone new, and they ask me what it is that I do for a living. And so I tell them: I’m a blogger.
I used to pussy-foot around. I’d try to explain the substance of what it is I do (“I’m a writer.” “I’m a coach.” “I create online courses.”), but all of those things invite further inquiry, and eventually … Continue Reading
