Beating Fear To Meeting Tim Ferriss In Person | Phoenix Abroad
The Four Hour Body Launch Party in NYC was a blast. I drove by myself 3.5 hours to NYC not knowing anyone there. I stood outside in line for an hour in 18 degree Farenheit cold. Was it worth it? I got to meet Tim Ferriss in person and thank him for transforming my life from average to awesome in under a year. Next I told Tim how because of him I am going to take a mini-retirement to Thailand in February and Tim recommended I check out the island of Koh Samet. But I almost didn’t make it to the 4 Hour Body launch party. I had all these excuses in my head why I couldn’t go to the 4 Hour Body launch party: I’ve never been there before. That was the lizard brain hard at work trying to keep me in my comfort zone (a topic for another post). How did I ever make it to the launch party with all these mental barriers and fears in the way? Just like Tim Ferriss says in The 4 Hour Workweek: Conquering Fear = Defining Fear I defined my fears one by one and gave a possible solution:
Guide · Project Basics
Projects are lists of tasks. Group tasks into projects like category, goal, or a given timeframe. For example, you might create a project called “Spring Convention” to track an upcoming event, and create all tasks related to that event in that project. As the event starts to come together, people will mark tasks complete, allowing you to see the progress toward the overall goal. Projects vs. Projects contain lists of tasks. Project locations You can find your total list of projects in the left pane. When you click on a project from the left pane, it will load in the center pane. When you select a task, the Projects field in the right pane will show you which projects it belongs to. Gantt charts and planning Asana does not have a Gantt feature, but several planning options are available through third party integrations with our API.
Welcome to the Pajama Job Hunt!!
Alright, here’s how this works. The Pajama Job Hunt: Twitter Series is split into 3 videos. You can sit down and watch them all at once (it will last a total of around 60 minutes) or split them up and implement my tips for each tutorial. Up to you. Before we get started I have two notes: To see exactly what I’m doing, make sure to click the button in the lower right-hand corner of the the videos to make the screen biggerDon’t forget to check out the BONUS CONTENT when you’re done.
Learn Anything: Hacking Your Education with Dale J. Stephens
Loaded: 0% Progress: 0% Dale J. Stephens is changing the notion that college is the only path to success and the only way to become educated. In his 'Learn Anything' course, Dale will show you how to design your own education outside the traditional institutions. Instructor Dale J. Dale J. Session 1 (9 Videos) 00:06:47 00:21:51 00:38:35 01:29:3510:30 am - Mentorship and Advising (with guest Bay McLaughlin) 00:42:581:00 pm - The Advantage of Being a Misfit 00:15:01 00:59:292:30 pm - What is the Greatest Gift You Can Give the World?
Book List | Faux MBA
We manage our current Book List as a Google spreadsheet. This keeps it easily accessible and available for updates. Here is the embedded view: We started from Josh Kaufman’s Personal MBA 99 Best Biz Books List. Then we added other books and lists that interested us, or that we thought were missing, like this book list of women authors on the topic of Business and/or Design. And this list of 2012 Business Books for Freelancers, from Fast Company. Like this: Like Loading...
The Best Business Books Of 2012: Find Fulfillment, Get Productive, And Create Healthy Habits
1. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, by Susan Cain In Quiet, author Susan Cain argues that introverts are a reservoir of untapped talent--and that progressive managers can create environments in which they thrive. “Any time people come together in a meeting, we’re not necessarily getting the best ideas," she tells Fast Company, "we’re just getting the ideas of the best talkers.” Amazon, $15.20. 2. "I believe that we can, in a deliberate way, articulate the kind of people we want to become," he says. Amazon, $15.98. 3. "If you want an active schedule," he tells us in an interview about turning career plans into daily actions, "you have to husband your time so you can act on the things that are important." Amazon, $15.97. 4. Nate Silver has become a bespectacled icon for his prediction prowess--as you might of heard, he called every state of the presidential election (and pulled 20+ percent of the New York Times’ web traffic on election night). Amazon, $16.35.
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How to Sell (Earn1k excerpt)
I’m excited to show this to you because it includes some of the deeper material from the E1K course — specifically, on selling. Remember, you don’t just sell services. You sell your ideas, your credibility, your sense of humor. You can use this for everything… …but specifically, you can use this to take your existing skills and turn them into income on the side. Or ramp it into full self-employment. Today, some powerful excerpts directly from the course. I usually don’t show this material publicly because most people considering the course get hung on the “I don’t have an idea” or “I have too many ideas” step, at the beginning. But I think you’ll understand how valuable it is to have proven scripts and tactics for each step in the process. Today, I want to show you one of the common trouble-spots many freelancers have: How do you know when to close the sale? This module shows you WHEN and HOW to close the sale. One standard question you’ll hear from clients is “How much will this cost?”
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