From the Web A Brief Guide to World Domination – One of my favorite blogs is Chris Guillebeau’s The Art of Nonconformity. Here is his free manifesto for starting empire (or just living an original life). Like his blog, it’s a well-written attack on mediocrity and the pitfalls of thinking with the masses. Dr. Rob […]
Friday Links 08-10-24
From the Web Working from Anywhere in the World – Chris Guillebeau has a great entry on living a digital lifestyle. He shares some upsides and downsides. I don’t think the best way to approach your goals is to glamorize them needlessly, but be willing to accept the benefits and costs of the lifestyle they […]
The Purpose of This Website is to Lose Its Readers
I might be committing blogging suicide by saying this, but I feel the purpose of this blog is to eventually lose all its readers. I fully expect that, at some point, every person who subscribed to read my thoughts will eventually unsubscribe. I’m completely fine with that. The point of any source of information, whether […]
How to Figure Out What People Want
The thinking process of most innovators is something like this: Get an idea for what you want to make. Create it. Find someone who wants it. I think any entrepreneur will immediately recognize this is a horrible strategy for starting a business (or making any decision). By making something before you see any opportunity, you […]
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