Monthly Archives: July 2015

Sweat was rolling down in beads off of my forehead. The people at the table with me could see it. It was my first time running the group. I didn’t know what to expect. I knew that everyone had gathered for the same purpose. I wasn’t overly nervous, but my body starts to sweat atContinue reading “Pushing Past Tension”

Don’t start just because you’re passionate about something right now. Don’t start just because you can see yourself making money down the road. Rather, ask yourself this: Two years from now, when you aren’t making any money, and you’re putting in hours upon hours trying to make this thing work, will you have the driveContinue reading “A Good Reason To Start”

The only thing in between the real world & the dream world is belief. If you believe in what you are dreaming, then it is real. This also works in the other direction. If it’s just a dream to you, perhaps that’s because you don’t believe.

Decide what it’s going to be tonight. Say to yourself, preferably out loud, exactly what that thing is. "Tomorrow, I am going to write my first e-book." Even better, say it to someone else. (Spouse, friend, parent, dog, facebook friend, Slack accountability partner.) When you wake up, you won’t have anything to think about …Continue reading “A Tip For Accomplishing One Thing Tomorrow”

In entrepreneurship, a runway means how many months worth of cash you have to support yourself before you need to make more money. When you think about a plane’s runway, it is built in a specific place. The plane makes a landing in a pre-determined spot. The problem is that in business, you change courseContinue reading “Runways & Landings”

Sometimes I go the wrong way and have to double back, because I move fast. Most of the time, I simply arrive at places faster than most people. I prefer this strategy, with it’s mistakes, to any that involves a lot of waiting.

You don’t have to look far for a way to make money. You just have to be willing to tackle a problem that will take a long time to solve. If if was easy, everyone else would be doing it.

I wasn’t ‘blogging about depression’ before. I was blogging about hope. Hope remains a theme in everything that I write. Why haven’t I blogged about my experiences with depression lately? That’s a better (and different) question. I certainly should write a longer explanation. I will. I did want to tell you though, that I haveContinue reading “Why Don’t I Blog About Depression Anymore?”

When something isn’t working out, you can either let people know, or pretend. One path leads to bad things. Things like disappointment, debt, and bitterness. The other path, which takes a mix of humility and bravery, will make you stronger in whatever you do next. It isn’t supposed to work. You are only supposed toContinue reading “Something You Can Be Proud Of”

There is a formula for profit that goes like this: (The same pizza + the same rides + the same service + the same experience) – (the fixed costs of all of those things) X 10,000 of the same exact birthday party = profits. There is another formula for profit that goes like this: “MakeContinue reading “2 Formulas For Profit”