I was talking to an entrepreneur the other day. He asked me how I first got my business off the ground. I told him it happened by accident. I think he thought I was trying to be humble. (I wasn't.) He tried to reassure me that I was a smart guy and must have had a plan. Nope. No plan. Not …
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The Power of Being Unreasonable
What do you want in life? That's one of my favorite questions. The way you answer it says a lot about you. Maybe you think, "I just want to be happy." That's a good goal. Vague, but achievable. Maybe a little boring. It's probably not the whole story. But what if I asked you to be …
May 2013: Start a Blog That Matters
When I started the Monthly Experiments Project, I didn't think of it as starting a blog. I wasn't trying to attract readers or become popular or any of the other buzzword-reasons people might start a blog. For nine months, I did my own experiments, wrote about them, and told almost no one. I …
