Here is a link to a TED Talk from Tim Ferris that I found quite helpful. Instead of “Goal Setting”, Tim talks about “Fear Setting”. I used his literal exercise outlined in this video to help break some of my inertia I was dealing with in my life. Inertia from fear. I was paralyzed from making any changes and was suffering because of it. I worked it out, and that enabled me...
Years ago I came up with a “Freedom 35” goal. Basically, I calculated what my monthly nut was (all of my expenses) and would consider myself “free” if I had reliable automatic recurring income that met or exceeded that number. Not including work I had to go actually do (like gigs). 1 month before my 36th birthday, I crossed that line. That was a great day. However, at the...
As an adult, your life grows much more insular and you generally don’t get many opportunities to meet new people. The last big period of my life meeting new people was during my DJ days. I connected with so many people through a shared passion for the music and the scene. But that period ended, and everyone went on their own ways. As I worked on new things, I would connect with people that...
There’s a few stories from history of early explorers literally burning their ships, so that there was no way to go home, and the men were then committed to success or die. I realized as part of my story, I had done a figurative “burning of the ship” as I embarked on new business ventures. I purposely avoided getting a job, or any other work, other than attempt at building my...
There’s a quote I’m quite fond of. I did some research online to figure out where it came from and saw it attributed to several people, so I don’t know where it came from first. But here is my version of it: There are three types of people in this world. The first make things happen. The second watch things happen and the third say “What the hell just happened?”...