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Why your life is lame – The Flinch by Julien Smith

January 26, 2012 in Blogging, do the work, parenting, Seth Godin 3

You’re a wuss

I’m a wuss and so are you. We hesitate. We do NOT want to stick out. We want to be different but we fail because we use normal things to do it. The closest we get to wanting to be different is having a 2012 model instead of a 2011. That’s not different, that’s newer.

Julien Smith wrote a short book (length doesn ‘t matter by the way, it’s still awesome) about our human reaction to being different. The book is called Flinch and it chronicles our human desire to fit in and our deep rooted hesitation to do anything difficult.

He’s right. Continue Reading…

We all have the same button

January 25, 2012 in advice, Blogging, do the work, How I work, Seth Godin, Social Media 11

Access to information used to be the problem. Books were  chained to something because they were too rare to lend out. There was no mass distribution channel. Then the printing press came along and changed humanity. Ideas could spread  regardless of the creator of those ideas. The printing press didn’t distinguish between truth and lies, it just printed. The tool did it’s job.

There are always obstacles Continue Reading…

A new community around Do the Work by Steven Pressfield

May 28, 2011 in advice, andy traub, Attitude, Audio, Blogging, book review, do the work, domino project, linchpin, Permission Podcast, podcast, Productivity, Seth Godin, steven pressfield 7

Most people read books and then do nothing. I’m trying to be different. I’m trying to take the advice of mentors Steven Pressfield and Seth Godin and do the work. In this case the work is creating a place for people to get encouragement and guidance in doing the work. The “resistance” that fights against those of us doing the work is defeated by assistance. The Do The Work community (and podcast) is forming to provide that assistance. The video below will help you understand the vision for the Do The Work Community