“I’m not planning to retire.” This came up in a conversation with a friend of mine. He gets paid upwards of a few thousand dollars per hour to speak, often being flown into exotic locations to run workshops for corporate clients. On top of that he recently self-published a book, with the proceeds going to […]
Feeling Lost? Stop Worrying About Your “Life Purpose”
Every month or two I’ll get an email that goes something like this: “Hey Scott! I’ve been following your blog for awhile, and I want to make big changes in my life, but I have no idea where to start. I don’t know what my life purpose is, so I just end up procrastinating all […]
Learn Faster, Achieve More
Everybody wants something different. That’s part of the challenge in writing. I certainly don’t try to please everyone, but even within my own desire to share new ideas, I find myself being pulled in different directions. Some readers visit here just for the food for thought from a learning-hacking, online-business-owning twentysomething. Other people actually want […]
Silencing the Background Noise of Life
There are only really three things you do in any given day: Things you enjoy Things that improve your life Everything else My guess is, like most people, the majority of your time is spent on the third, “everything else” category. But should it be? Fun, Growth and the Background Noise in Life The main […]
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