Written and Read By Our Listeners. How to Do More Great Work with Michael Bungay Stanier. Michael Bungay Stanier came highly recommended from Danielle LaPorte as somebody we should have here on the show. After reading his book I could see why. Here are just a few of the highlights from our chat: {*style:<b>How Michael Invented Stuffed Crust Pizza </b>*} The Power of Your Past to Influence Your Online Journey Why It’s So Important to Chose the People You Surround Yourself with Wisely Connecting with the Edgier Version of Yourself Looking at Blog Post Structure to Create Original Work. How Greg Hartle Built His Business with 10 Dollars and a Laptop.
Greg Hartle is one of the smartest entrepreneurs I've had the good fortune to meet over the last few years.
He's a serial entrepreneur in every sense of the word. He's hit rock bottom and climbed back to the top - multiple times. This is one of the most amazing stories I've come across. Ten Reasons Winners Keep Winning, Aside from Skill - Rosabeth Moss Kanter. By Rosabeth Moss Kanter | 7:00 AM August 1, 2012 Whether the game involves competing every four years in the Olympics or every day in a business, winning brings advantages that make it easier to keep winning.
To understand sustainable success, I compared perpetual winners with long-term losers in professional and amateur sports and then matched the findings to business case studies for my book Confidence. The sports were a comprehensive mix including women’s soccer, men’s and women’s college basketball, major league baseball, U.S. football, international cricket, and North American ice hockey. I found that winners gain ten important advantages as a result of victory — and that smart leaders can cultivate and build on these advantages to make the next success possible. 1. Quick and Dirty Guide to Killing It with Google+
I hate it when people make predictions about the outcomes of events with an air of certainty.
Stock market. Super Bowls. Weather. Because when it comes to making predictions, our rate of success usually stinks. This is why I was rolling my eyes when Brian Clark announced back in January that Google+ will become a tool in every content marketers’ toolbox. Yeah, sure. 25 things I've learned after 4 months of starting a business. It has been four months since I transitioned to a location-independent lifestyle.
Since starting, I’ve been to and/or lived in D.C., Ecuador, Mexico, Oregon, and Texas. This month, I’ll be making my way to Tennessee, Illinois, New York, and Rhode Island while continuing to work on my business from Wi-Fi to Wi-Fi. The following list is in no particular order. It is simply a list of the things I’ve learned along the way, and hopefully you’ll learn a thing (or 25) from it, as well. 4 Steps to landing a job in a new industry (actual email included) Tweet.
10 talks from inspiring teachers. Professor John Keating of “The Dead Poets Society.”
Calculus teacher Jaime Escalante of “Stand and Deliver.” Marine-turned-teacher Louanne Johnson of “Dangerous Minds.” Hollywood might want to take note of a new award-winning teacher on the block, Stephen Ritz, who gave this fast-paced, highly inspiring talk at TEDxManhattan. Stephen Ritz: A teacher growing green in the South BronxA parent and teacher in the South Bronx, Ritz has noticed his students getting larger and more sickly over the years, not to mention the fact that they’re parsing fewer options for earning a living. So Ritz began working with his students to grow “indoor edible walls,” beautiful living murals, full of greenery. “Kids from the poorest Congressional district in America can build a 30 x 15 foot wall — design it, plant it, and install it in the middle of New York City,” says Ritz.
Since starting the edible wall project, Ritz has seen his kids’ attendance jump from 43 to 90 percent. 4 Ways Self-Employment Is Less Risky than Getting a Job. Modern society has conditioned us to believe that having a job is the safe route; that the artist’s or entrepreneur’s life is only for those fearless few who don’t mind the risks.
Balderdash. Artists know that creation-as-business is more rewarding than playing cog in someone else’s machine. And I’d like to show you four ways self-employment reduces your risk. I’ll say it plain: making your own way is the safe route. Not that you’ll hear this in the voices around you… Your mother wonders when you’re finally going to get a real job. Even you sometimes wonder whether it wouldn’t be safer to take the well-traveled road. I say again, vehemently: no, it would not. 1. First, by spending 40 or more hours a week at someone else’s beck and call you will sacrifice control over your own happiness. Because for most of us a job is such a central part of life, it is essential that this activity be as enjoyable and rewarding as possible. That brings up our second point.