NOTE: After spending five years with a burning desire to create a location independent lifestyle, I feel somewhat guilty writing this post… but it needs to be said… so here goes: I’ve spent a ridiculous amount of time traveling this year. In the first eight weeks I’ve spent time in Des Moines, Denver, Boulder, Breckenridge, [...]

Today I was studying Ramit Sethi’s sales page. Many people don’t realize how talented he is at writing copy… For his latest product ‘Find Your Dream Job’ he’s written a 46 page sales letter that is absolutely phenomenal. Many people think this is crazy… so I decided to break this video down to show you [...]

Turning the Fear of Transformation into the Transformation of Fear by Danaan Parry Sometimes I feel that my life is a series of trapeze swings. I’m either hanging on to a trapeze bar swinging along or, for a few moments in my life, I’m hurtling across space in between trapeze bars. Most of the time, I [...]

The hardest part about about making progress in life is making tough decisions. I’m not talking about the little decisions… What to have for breakfast. What to wear. Where to go eat dinner. I’m talking about the monumental decisions that change the course of your life. Do I quit my job? Do I move to [...]

Last week I did a program at the University of Iowa prior to an Etiquette Dinner.   This program is a freaking blast.  I just wish we would have had more time.  Here are a few things we talked about: Why The Job Market Is Going To Be The Hardest For 2010 / 2011 Graduates [...]

I haven’t posted in a long time. And it might be a while before I post again. But I felt compelled to write this because if you want to learn about building an online business (that doesn’t suck), you need to sign up for the Third Tribe. Like, now. What is the Third Tribe? We’ve [...]

Here’s a quick presentation I threw together for Leadership Iowa University. It’s a group of about 25 college students who gathered for a week to learn about leadership. It’s a program put on by ABI and is like a collegiate version of Business Horizons.   I got to chat with some really cool students who [...]

When someone comes to me with an idea, there’s one question I ask before anything else: “How will you market it?” The fact is, if you can’t market your business/product/idea, you’ve got nothing. The good news?  I’ve spent numerous hours learning how to market products online.  If you can tell me about your perfect customer… [...]

Did you know that the average employee wastes more than two hours every day at work?  The majority of time is devoted to surfing the web.  We all know social media causes a lot of distrations… but most people don’t realize that social media can also actually INCREASE your employees’ productivity… The key is knowing [...]

Let’s face it… Most people who are “into” technology are nerds.  They may know precisly how each technology works… But they can’t explain it. I’m a self proclaimed nerd, but for a much different reason.  I teach people how to APPLY technology.  You won’t learn anything about HTML, PHP, CSS, or any other acronym… but [...]