Christine Miserandino was able to do the impossible. She discovered a deeply effective way to communicate how energy works in humans. Christine has lupus. Lupus is an autoimmune disease where something goes wrong with the immune system, and the body ends up fighting off healthy cells as well as foreign ones. Her best friend once [...]
Any writer, artist, or entrepreneur has hit it. In business, it shows up when you just can't figure out how to get over the next hurdle. It's the halt on a project. Pure friction. You've hit The Wall. And we're not talking about Wall Street here. In fact its quite the opposite: this wall [...]
When I was growing up, one of the first things my step father taught me was how to play poker. I was near the age of 12 when I first played, but by the time I was 18 (the legal gambling age in Washington State) I had become a shark. I used my age to [...]
"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves." Matthew 7:15, (KJV) Many of us know the story of Snow White: A princess who had recently lost her father, whose step mother has deep envy towards due to Snow White's beauty. An envy so deep, that the [...]
This last Thursday I had the pleasure to interview a massively impressive entrepreneur: Tom Libelt. Tom mentioned on the podcast an idea that I have recently been fixated on; the idea of staying on course to finish projects. He refers to this as "staying on the bus." His point is that projects, or buses, have [...]
"EUREKA!" Your brain shouts about it's latest idea. You know it. You feel it. This is what you were made for--you've found your personal legend. Out of excitement you tell the nearest person, your friends, your spouse, the weird neighbor next door that wears Big Foot socks and believes in conspiracy theories. Yet none of [...]
"Raises are a relic.Opportunity is the future."These are the words of my first business mentor that have been echoing in my mind for over a month now. That's because... I think he is right. While I was growing up, my Mother said it was very important for me to get a stable job with good [...]
THE PROPHECY "We have made her a goddess!" Coyotl shouted to the young ones. "But her father, Achicometl, is a weak man. Unworthy to lead the mighty Aztecs. This man, cannot even withstand the sight of his daughter's death in sacrificial ceremony! Be not worried! Our god Huitzilopochtli will find us a new land-----one filled [...]
How many days have passed since you've made any progress on that big goal you made all those years ago? You've told yourself, "I'll get to it, just as soon as ______ is over with." The problem is, once that issue is finally taken care of, another one scoots in to take it's place. Interestingly, [...]
Entrepreneurism is a monster. It will eat you whole and spit you out into tiny pieces—that you then get to pick up and reconstruct into what (hopefully) turns out to be you again. I have become pretty good at this—really, I have. Bad business deals, angry customers (angrier employees), frustrating systems—the list is endless, but [...]
