The Blog
Why I Give it All Away
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I got a thought provoking email the other day from Resistance member Tom Owens. With his permission, I wanted to share part of it with you: You've done bang-up work on your two blog posts explaining PWYW and how it's helped you. However...I think more than one person might pause. "If he's still doing so […]
3 Ways Pay What You Want Leads to More Profit than Fixed Pricing
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Last week, I conducted a survey of hundreds of creators to see what concerns they had regarding using Pay What You Want pricing for their products or services. Truth is, I wanted to find out what was keeping these creators from using Pay What You Want pricing. The question I posed was open ended (“what […]
Pay What You Want: How Letting People Choose Their Price Can Make You a Millionaire
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I started writing and publishing online in the fall of 2012. At the time, I wasn’t sure what I was doing…I just knew there were ideas in my head I wanted to share with other people. I started with no audience and no connections. For the first few months, I spent dozens of hours every […]
Art, Death, and Hope (The True Story of A Confederacy of Dunces)
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Finally, it was over. For the past four years, John fought the inner creative war… Four years of writing, editing, cutting, scrapping and starting from scratch… Four years of uncertainty, doubt and fear… Four years of painful creative struggle – the kind only a fiction author can truly appreciate… But in February, the war was […]
Finish the Journey
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Trying… I started investing in real estate at 22. As a young officer in the Army, I leveraged my guaranteed paycheck and a VA loan to purchase a 4-plex. My intention was to live in one unit and manage the others. By renting out the other 3 units, I’d be able to essentially live for […]
A Simple Question to Help You Find Purpose in Your Business, Art and Life
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A Train to the Arctic Circle In 2006, I had the opportunity to study abroad in Russia. At one point, toward the end of the semester, my friend and I had a brilliant idea – to visit the Arctic Circle. In a spur of the moment decision, we hopped on a вокзал (train) to one […]
A Simple Framework for Getting Your Project Unstuck
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Over the last few months, I’ve received dozens of emails from readers asking me how to get their idea or project unstuck. I’ve done my best to answer everyone’s question individually, but for every person who emails me directly, I can be sure there are two or three others with the same problem who haven’t […]
Uncertainty and Courage: What We Can Learn from the Battle of Thermopylae
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In 480 BC, along the sunburned coast of the Mediterranean, a small unit of battle-wearied phalanx picked up their weapons and armor...for the last time. After 6 grueling days of battle, only 300 men remained. On the morning of the seventh day, this group – bloodied, broken and, in some cases, weaponless – formed their […]
The Power of Immersion (the fastest way to change your life for the better)
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Today I want to talk about why the articles you read, the people you hang out with, and the media you consume directly shapes your life, for better or worse (and how you organize your environment to create your best life possible). In 5th Grade, I knew exactly what I wanted. It was Fall of […]
Why We Fail to Achieve Our Goals
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Qualifying In the Army, soldiers have to zero and qualify with their weapon every six months. This is a requirement for everyone, regardless of rank or position. From cooks to pilots, Privates to Captains – everyone qualifies. Qualifying with a weapon means hitting a certain number of targets from set distances with a certain number […]