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What the hell am I doing?

September 27, 2010

ShareAs so often happens…a number of events or ideas ganged up on me came together and gave me some insight. 1. I failed my accountability experiment I said I would write 3 posts a week in September. As an experiment in doing what I said I’d do. In keeping promises to myself. And here I [...]

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Things I learned from my first product launch

September 15, 2010

ShareI’m the kind of person who puts things off forever thinks carefully before doing things. And as I’m learning to pay attention (it’s a practice) – I’m discovering that most of a lot of this thinking/planning/careful consideration – is a complete waste of time. Example: my launch of That One Damned Phone Call Things happened [...]

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Accountability and getting stuff done

September 13, 2010

ShareI don’t wanna write a blog post today. And I’m doing it anyhow. Because I committed to writing a post every Tuesday morning about what I’m going to do for That One Damned Phone Call on Wednesday morning. I’m testing the theory of public accountability. To see if it works. Because what I’m doing now [...]

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Courage. It’s like everyone is driving the same car.

September 4, 2010
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ShareNow that I’m focusing on fear and getting over it, examples of bravery are springing up all around me. It’s just like when you buy a new car…and suddenly…you see the same make and model all over the place. Lately? I see so many people writing about fear…and demonstrating amazing courage. Today I’m going to [...]

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What do you do when no one signs up for your thing?

September 1, 2010

ShareI made a bold move. I stood up to fear and launched That One Damned Phone Call – my first product/service. I had an amazing amount of support. Lots of enthusiastic tweets. Lots of “what a great idea!” feedback. Lots of visits to my sales page. And no takers. Oops. Now what? share:Bookmark on DeliciousDigg [...]

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When fear gets in the way of productivity

August 29, 2010

ShareI have a tendency to put things off. Important things. Like…oh…I don’t know. Making a living? Not in the general sense of “I’m going to play today, screw working.” More in the specific sense of not doing “the key things that need to be done in order to move this venture forward”  – and instead, [...]

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