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How to self-publish on Kindle

Yesterday, I did this amazing call with Sean Platt about how to self-publish your writing for Amazon’s Kindle Store. It was awesome. I’m honestly all on fire about the possibilities.

Because there was so much excitement surrounding the call and the topic, I figured I’d just put the call up as an audio post, so that everyone can see and love it.… Continue Reading

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6 steps to kicking failure’s sorry ass

This past weekend, on Sunday, I participated in a half Ironman triathlon. For those of you unfamiliar with triathlon, that’s a 1.2 mile swim followed by a 56 mile bike ride followed by a half marathon run (13.1 miles).

I spent much of the previous day getting my stuff ready, crossing off checklists, and planning.

I got up at 4:30am.

I drove nearly 3… Continue Reading

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You’re on your own (and why that’s a good thing)

One question people ask a lot when trying to start or improve their fledgling businesses — or when they’re generally trying to do anything epic — is, “But… what should I DO?”

Loosely translated, this usually means that they’re more than capable of getting all pumped up and inspired, but then just sort of sit there with that energy, unsure what to do… Continue Reading

August’s trial results: Gaining time by losing email addiction

For my August trial (bleeding into early September because I started late and because I’m all nonconformisty and stuff about things like trial start/stop dates), I limited myself to checking email twice per day.

Sounds simple, I know. So simple that it doesn’t feel worthy of a 30-day trial, even. Seems like it’s the kind of thing you just decide to do… Continue Reading

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Disobey

School starts today. Not for my son Austin, though.

I’m finishing writing this at 6am. At a little before 8am, the school bus is going to pull up in front of our house, and because we just got around to notifying the district that we’re not doing the school thing this year, the bus driver won’t know and will honk. I’ll be working. Austin… Continue Reading