I started the day beautifully… I had a tall glass of water, drank a cup of coffee, completed ten minutes of quiet morning exercise, and then… I started reading my emails, which lead me to a YouTube video about a man that stopped a charging elephant by waving a stick, a cheetah that jumped in […]
Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere, by Adele Westbrook and Oscar Ratti. Picked this one up by recommendation of GM Maurice Ashley on the Tim Ferriss show. “However, in the West, the pervading theme is beginning to be: “We have, progressed from primitive and unself-unconcious participation to analytical thinking and an appreciation of awareness on the […]
Each week James Altucher hosts a Q&A on Twitter. A lot of folks ask James questions about writing and building an audience and I have been saving my favorite answers. Here are the top twelve! “Just keep writing. Write 2-3 hours a day. The best way to get feedback is to write good stuff that […]
Every entrepreneur should pickup a copy of Richard Branson’s book, Finding My Virginity. This book is full of gold nuggets for business owners. And it is hilarious too! Because of this book I was actually able to make some decisions and take my business into a more clear direction. Before, I was always afraid to […]
A couple of years ago I thankfully realized that my mind had fallen into an endless cycle of judgement. Strangers I passed on the street were too overweight, dressed in a distracting way, were lazy, or raising their children poorly, my family was focused on the wrong things, unhealthy, victims of their own mindset, and […]
The Bible is full of examples of fasting and our modern western Christian culture has all but lost most of them. My friend Trent Holbert suggested I read the book Fasting for Spiritual Breakthrough, by Elmer L. Towns, and boy am I glad he did! This book has examples of nine different fasts based on […]
I discovered a lot of new content this year, and yes on a few of these I am way late to the party. But what can I say? I always seem to go left when the majority goes right and right when the majority goes left! “If you only read the books that everyone else […]
With something for even the most productive, Dan S. Kennedy’s book will change the way you operate. This book is chock-full of valuable information, I found myself frantically scribbling down notes while flying through it and have already witnessed a tremendous uptick in my effectiveness. Some of the lessons that stuck with me were the following: […]
I often get asked how I am able to read so many books each year. Here are a couple of the rules I follow that help me to read at least one book per week. Use the local library: I get almost all of my books from my local library. If you haven’t been to yours lately […]