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Tag Archives: starting
A week
It hasn’t been a great winter for running for me. Between the cold snowy weather, late sunrises and general busyness, I’ve just not gotten out there that often. That didn’t stop me from deciding, this past weekend, to take my … Continue reading
10 (percent)
I’ve been finding a lot of power lately in 10% shifts in how I spend my time. It’s an increment big enough to matter – an experiment big enough that you can learn something – but small enough that there’s … Continue reading
Your idea
At the start it’s just smoke, a wisp. It has no substance or form. You can take it around to people for help shaping it, so you can better understand what it could be. But the thing is, at the … Continue reading
About you
Take a moment and google yourself. C’mon, I know you’ve done it before, so go do it again, and then come back. Do you like what you discovered? Do you like what people who don’t know you see when they … Continue reading
Commit publicly
Here’s a good way to overcome the resistance and execute on the big ideas that terrify you: tell others about your grandiose plans. You can decide how “public” you want your “public” announcements to be – if you want to … Continue reading
The problem with being a naysayer
The problem is that even when you’re right, it’s coming from the person who always dissents, so people will listen to you less. It’s that you’re usually advocating holding off, holding back, or not starting. It’s that, in fact, things … Continue reading
For you, for me
For some folks, the fact that I blog is a semi-mysterious black box of cool, kind of like talking with a great English accent (if I had one). It is something people kinda sorta want to do before they talk … Continue reading
