29 May The $100k Question: How to Ask for & Get What You Want
"It felt like everyone was turning me down – until I realized I wasn't asking for anything." - The man who forgot to ask Getting What You Want & Asking the $100,000 Question...
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21 May Train Yourself for Everyday Adventure: How to Become Smarter, Stronger & More Attractive
“Adventure is not outside man; it is within.” ― George Eliot In about an hour, Chelsea and I are going to touch down in Athens to kick off a few weeks of exploring a handful of small Greek islands with two of our closest friends. Right...
15 May Are You Cultivating and Pursuing The Spark?
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in Career & Purpose
"Follow the excitement. The rest takes care of itself." - Unknown There’s one habit I’ve noticed has lead to more possibility for me than any other. It has connected the dots in ways I could have never imagined, and it seems to be a practice that people making...
08 May The Biggest Lesson from My Weekend with Warren Buffett
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in Career & Purpose, Entrepreneurship, Influence & Negotiating, Stewardship & Gratitude
"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
“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
"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)
“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
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in Career & Purpose, Emotions & Happiness, Entrepreneurship, Local Events, LYL Local Events, Stewardship & Gratitude
I hear this a lot...
31 Mar Curing Your Superhero Syndrome: 3 Steps to Building a Successful Virtual Team (& Scalable Business)
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in Book Summaries, Career & Purpose, Entrepreneurship, Productivity, Self-Guided Education
"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
"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...