Live Your Legend

08 May The Biggest Lesson from My Weekend with Warren Buffett

Posted at 07:24h in Career & Purpose, Entrepreneurship, Influence & Negotiating, Stewardship & Gratitude by Scott

"Our competitive advantage is that we make a promise and we keep it." - Warren Buffett [image credit] The Power of a Promise I spent last Saturday in a room soaking in lessons from Warren Buffett and his partner Charlie Munger, as I have for seven out of...

30 Apr Announcing The First Steps Workshop! A Detailed Action Plan to (Finally) Start Doing Work You Love

Posted at 09:09h in Announcements, Career & Purpose by Scott

“The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that is difficult.” - Madame Marie du Deffand *Update: You can now purchase the full workshop, recording and related tools and get instant access here. Today’s an exciting day! After learning a ton from you all in the past...

23 Apr My (Kinda Weird) Daily Routine & Creativity Rituals

Posted at 18:38h in Health & Energy!, Productivity by Scott

"The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine." - Mike Murdock "So what do you do each day?" I get that a lot - for all kinds of reasons, especially from those who think my full-time job consists solely of writing one blog post each...

16 Apr 3 Ways to Use World Travel to Make Your Extraordinary Impact (Reader Spotlight #9)

Posted at 18:14h in Life on Your Terms Interviews, Travel & Adventure by Scott

“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” – John A. Shedd People Constantly Surprise Me Or more specifically, YOU surprise me. That's probably been the most consistent thing I've noticed over the past few years of building Live Your Legend. It's also...

08 Apr What to Do When the Next Step Feels Impossible

Posted at 21:53h in Career & Purpose, Emotions & Happiness, Entrepreneurship, Local Events, LYL Local Events, Stewardship & Gratitude by Scott

I hear this a lot...

31 Mar Curing Your Superhero Syndrome: 3 Steps to Building a Successful Virtual Team (& Scalable Business)

Posted at 21:24h in Book Summaries, Career & Purpose, Entrepreneurship, Productivity, Self-Guided Education by Scott

"Rome wasn't built in a day…that's true. But, it also took a lot more than just one person to build it!" - Chris Ducker, author of Virtual Freedom You Ever Had Superhero Syndrome? Years ago, I used to think I wanted to build a business that had exactly...

26 Mar Meet Your Family: Here’s Why Your Crazy Ideas Will Always Have a Home

Posted at 10:02h in Career & Purpose, Communication & Rapport, Revolutions by Scott

"A company is not like a family. It is a family." - Simon Sinek Last week while at the TED Active conference, I heard Simon Sinek speak these words during his talk on leadership. The talk hasn't been published yet, but it did kick off the...

18 Mar Converting Enemies into Friends: How to Work (Well) with the Most Difficult People

Posted at 14:50h in Communication & Rapport, Emotions & Happiness by Scott

"First like. Then be liked." Lessons on Enemies and Influence...

11 Mar Asking the One Question that Most Are Too Afraid (or Unconscious) to Confront

Posted at 22:27h in Uncategorized by Scott

"The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions." - Claude Levi-Strauss Today I have one very important question for you to answer for yourself - and for me - but let's first start with a little background, because...

05 Mar The Beginner’s Guide to Doing Work that Makes You Happy

Posted at 08:36h in Career & Purpose, Free Guides, Self-Guided Education by Scott

"Sure that might work for them, but my situation is different." It's a very dangerous script. And sadly, the world hears it a lot. So do I. It's probably the most common defeatist and negative response I get from people who hear about the work we do at Live Your...

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