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The buddy, system

Off to a good start in this arbitrary milestone in your life: 2017 You’ve got your system in place and it is working for you. You already know you are not going to do everything perfectly. That is ok. This system is designed for not-perfection. It is, however,

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That which doesn't kill you...

I had to stand and pace, even though my headphones had me tethered to my laptop. For some reason, I can’t seem to have a decent conversation with an entrepreneur while sitting down. Fortunately, I get to chat with quite a few entrepreneurs. Unfortunately, I haven’t gotten around

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Let's Meet @ Collision in NOLA

I'll keep this short and sweet: I want to meet up with you at Collision this week. Here are the two best ways I know how to make this happen: My company, Revelry Labs, is one of the sponsoring partners, and we're hosting a party for

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A valiant goal: become a leader of leaders #ExecutiveAdvising

Some entrepreneurs want to start a company and be CEO, because they want to be in charge, make all the decision, be the leader. Other entrepreneurs have a vision for the world they want to bring to life, and strive to build a trusted team of leaders who can make

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Getting a head start on my 2015 Review

Getting a head start on my 2015 Review and 2016 Plan with a little help from the Passion Planner.

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Yet another small percentage of your life will be used up.

“Every time you say yes to something you don’t want to do, this will happen: you will resent people, you will do a bad job, you will have less energy for the things you were doing a good job on, you will make less money, and yet another small

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Convert Ideas to Actions

Every competitive sports team does this thing called, “practicing.” Instead of just playing a lot of games, they actually get together outside of their games to practice things. And, they don’t just just their practice times to play more games. Instead, they break down the fundamentals of the game,

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label:unrad

Just about every time I am processing my email (which involves searching gmail for “is:unread”) I inevitably mis-type unread which results in: I really should use that label for some emails.

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AKA - Why I would rather invest in #MNTech

This is what a $350,000 house in San Francisco looks like. http://t.co/VjwMP6MLeb pic.twitter.com/k79wpQfTBu — Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) September 17, 2015 There are some great things about the bay area. But most of those great things can be experienced or gained simply by flying in

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From my two-minute “mind sweep"

* I want to get out of my head and into action. * I want to capture the process as well as the outcomes. * I want to at least create 20% as much as I consume. * I want to begin with the hard things.

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todo: Update LinkedIn Profile

Even though I recently complained about LinkedIn breaking some of their core functionality, I still believe LinkedIn is a valuable platform. Now that I’ve sold my most recent company, it is time to update my profile to focus on The Next Thing. My buddy Chris Brogan has recently shared

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The MN Startup Community Is Coming Along Nicely

First, I found this story on Minnesota Business by Peter Kane: "Someone needs to say it: the Twin Cities has a dramatic gap between perceived ability and actual ability to support early stage startups. The lack of startup support structure is letting down an entire generation.” “Peter, I would