I’ve spent the past year in a life experiment. Usually I play it safe; this time, I decided to follow my dreams. Here’s what I’ve learned.
An experiment in dream-following, part 2
Category: Following your Dreams
Want to follow your dreams? Here’s what I’ve learned from an experimental year.
A lot of people are unsatisfied with their lives. The big question is: can we really change our lives, and will it really be any better if we do? Over the past year, my life has been a grand experiment to answer this question. Here’s what I’ve found.
Stop letting fear hold you back and start doing what you want.
Anything worthwhile that you can do, will likely scare you. You probably woke up today wanting more. But something got in your way, didn’t it? Fear. It’s time to overcome fear and start controlling your own life.
The view from the summit
Building my business to the point where I could quit my job has been my huge goal for the past six months, and a big dream of mine for much longer than that. Here’s what I’ve learned along the way.
Big dreams and scary leaps: How I quit my job
This is a story about dreaming big. This is a story about taking a chance and growing into the person you need to be to make things happen.
Why Denzel Washington told Penn grads to fail (and why we should, too)
“I had to come exactly because I might make a fool of myself,” said Washington. “I’ve found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Nothing.”
10 Tips for Getting Out of Your Own Way
You want to do something, but… you put it off, you think about all the things that could go wrong, maybe you talk yourself out of trying at all. If you would just get out of your own way, imagine what you could accomplish! Here are 10 tips to help.
Making your dreams come true: where the rubber meets the road
What would make your life something to savor? What would make you feel like a genius of life-rocking awesomeness? If you knew you were dying, you would do whatever it took to make it happen. Well, guess what? We’re all dying.
Filled with dreams but stuck? Here’s a push.
There are a lot of different kinds of stuck, and a lot of different resources to help with them. Normally I don’t review stuff here, but this is just too awesome not to share.
A great deal for those interested in this path
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How to do something big
Is there something you’ve always wanted to do? Something grand and ambitions? Maybe you’ve always wanted to write a book, or build an airplane, or hike the Appalachian Trail. It’s huge, life-changing even, and you’ve known for a long time that you want to do it, but you haven’t done it. Here’s how to change that.
Life experiments: Living the dream(?)
What does your dream life look like? If money was no object, and you could live where you want, do what you want, and be what you want, what would that be? If you don’t know yet, set aside some time to think about it. Knowing what you want doesn’t […]