"Notice the sparks. Follow them. The next big thing may be the small thing right in front of you." - Darren Rowse
The Path to Practical Expert… When it comes to doing work you love, your personal brand is everything. In order to get paid to help people in a way that's fun and exciting, people must see you as the expert. They must trust that you can...
"People used to tell me life was short. One day I finally realized they were right. But by then it was too late." - A man who wishes he would have listened **** Meetup Update: We have a few casual LYL meetups happening around the world this week. Please...
"The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself."
- Mark Caine
Today's post goes hand-in-hand with our online presentation on: How to Find & Meet Inspiring, Passionate & Supportive People In Your Hometown. You can see the recording here.
Onward...
Important Note & Warning: This is a special post — a manifesto and guide on experimentation & learning. It's in-depth and it's important. The whole thing will take you about 15 minutes to read and another 15 minutes to implement. I believe it will dramatically transform your career potential. That's exactly what it did for me. If you must, you can scan over the first part. But the next 9 steps are vital. I spent a lot of time making this as directly useful as possible. Please do something with it. I meant to write it a year ago. It's about time ..."Life is nothing more than a series of experiments. Test and share you ideas. Give them a chance to have an impact, and an impact you'll have."
"Focus is the key to the world."
- William A. Dinsmore III (my dad)
"Launch a real-time fully-exposed case study on how to take a physical product from idea, to market testing, to manufacturing and to selling — all by using today’s online tools. This is going to be our biggest project EVER, and we are going to take you along for every step of the ride. Keep an ear out for the launch of the new site to track this project as well as what the physical product will actually be. I could not sleep this weekend because I was so excited for it."Since then, my partner Nic and I have invested a few thousand dollars in branding, design, setting up web sites, and even hired an architectural designer to create high-end CAD drawings so we can manufacture our first physical product prototype.
Today I'm going to share a true story with you that you couldn't make up if you tried. But first a little background...“Choices are the hinges of destiny.” – Pythagoras
"We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? Your playing small does not serve the world. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same." —Marianne Williamson, abridged
After last week's post on Creating More & Consuming Less, I noticed one very common response. It's actually become a bit of a broken record over the past few years."The biggest risk is doing nothing."
"Thanks for the inspiration to get me creating things and doing work I love. But my situation is different. There's just too much at stake to take that kind of a risk right now. I'm not some carefree single 23-year-old. I have too much to lose. Plus I don't think I'm quite ready to start creating."Their excuses go on...