Years ago, I heard an interview with Seth Godin where he was talking about how to approach projects. He said two words that completely changed my life… 1. Simple 2. Scary The idea he presented was this: Keep your projects simple enough that you can get them off…
I love podcasts. They were the main thing that set my life on the course that I’m now on – living more intentionally, big dreams and goals, personal growth, and entrepreneurship. While I find myself listening to fewer podcasts and reading and listening to…
This past weekend, Claudia and I dropped our son, Jude, off at his grandparents and we took off to the little coastal town of Newport, Rhode Island. We were celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary and had a great time unplugging and spending time together…
The other evening Michael and I sat in our kitchen and colored. We had two 99 cent coloring books and a box of 24 crayons. There was something wonderfully freeing about the limiting pre-drawn pictures of happy puppies and kittens and only having 24…
If you had told me this 10 years ago, I would have thought you were crazy. I had just ben fired from my job and I needed money bad, not ideas. Money was all I thought about, and it also seemed the hardest to come by.…
When wanting to start a project to generate income, be careful not to get stuck in the dreaming and preparing mode. Yeah sure, you want to be intentional about which direction you’re headed, but remember there will be a lot of trial and error in…
I realized in a new way today the power of disrupting our routine. You see, we wanted to remember to soak oatmeal this evening before going to bed. So, Claudia wrote a reminder for us to remember. Just writing a reminder can really make…
We just got back from a great trip to the Outer Banks in North Carolina. It was great to get away and spend time with friends and family! [tentblogger-youtube lumo4BjK4xU] Question: Did you vacation this summer? Where? …
It can be so easy to get stuck in a rut and get super narrow-minded. When this happens, life pretty much stinks. You think, “I’m just going to have to slog it out here at this ol’ job.” Or, “Well, we’re just going to…
Most people throw out an idea before it is ever give a chance to reach it’s full potential. Ideas, like plants, need time to grow. They need to be planted and cultivated. They need to be cared for and given a healthy environment in which…
