I’m in the service business and am working on growing my new business. I consider myself a professional and have been in the industry for 6 plus years now. I know my shit, but I don’t know everything. I’m learning more and more everyday. How to do the work that is most effective with the least amount of effort while at the same time providing the homeowner with the best service possible. Treating their home like it was mine.

My goal is to learn something new every day and apply it whenever I can. Just the other day a customer asked me an interesting question that I’ve never been asked before. I’ll admit it took me a little by surprise, but it was a great question. I didn’t have the answer.

Instead of beating around the bush or making some shit up that sounded good, I flat out told her “I have no idea, no one has ever asked me that question before.” I advised her it was an interesting question and I’ll call her later that day with an answer. Then I left, and went on to the next job I had lined up.

Later that day I called my mentor, the guy who trained me when I first started in this industry, and asked  for his opinion on the matter. I took it all in, then called another professional that I know in the business and asked him.  Finally, I did a little more research on the computer.

I called my customer back and gave her all the info I had acquired that day. She ended up thanking me and respected that I was the first service guy to admit I didn’t have the answer to her question.

The point of this story is to be honest and admit that you don’t know everything. Tell your clients and customers when you don’t have the answer and that you’ll get back to them as soon as you do. You’re going to learn something from this experience. Most people are smart enough to know when you’re bullshiting them.

What happens if you do make something up and then it’s completely wrong? You just lost a customer and maybe worse, earned yourself a complaint, horrible review and no referrals from that client.

I see this all the time, people trying to act smart to impress. Don’t do it!!

How you rate yourself is important. We all do it in our own ways. You might not even realize you do it, but you do.

We rate ourselves in different areas of our lives, then calculate our total/final grade. Almost like a report card. We do this at least once a year. I find people who are more successful and have a life plan do it more frequently.

Of course, some part of our lives matter more than others, but each individual part gets a grade. I also find that many people care more about grades in areas that don’t match up with their life goals or their priorities.

There’s no wrong or right answer here. It’s your life. The point is, how do you grade yourself? How often do you do it? What grades do you care about more than others, and do they match up with your dreams and the path you want to take in life?

Some examples of how people rate themselves:

• How many twitter followers and Facebook friends they have. How many mentions and likes they get.
• How many phone calls and text messages sent to their phone on a daily basis.
• Income achieved over a month or year
• How many partners they’ve had
• How long they have been with one partner
• How many kids they have
• The place they live
• What kind of car they drive
• What kind of computer or phone they use
• How happy they are on a daily basis
• How close they are to their family
• How many books they read or how much tv they watch
• How much they weigh or how they feel about themselves in the mirror in the morning
• The number of people who inspire them or challenge them that they’ve brought into their life
• The amount their business has grown
• The number of subscribers their blog has achieved
• The number of wins or championships their team has obtained
• The number of stuff they have untethered from

The list above was created based off observations made from conversations I’ve had with different individuals last week. As I look over the list I agree with some, and some to me personally mean nothing. But we’re all different, and that’s what makes us all unique.

How do you rate yourself?

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I’ve been a little distant as of late and I’m sorry for that. If you haven’t heard I’m currently working on a new project. You can find out more here. I have learned a great deal starting this project and I plan on writing my findings soon in the next couple posts. Stay tuned! 

I find it crazy how much free information is out on the Internet today. What blows my mind is how little people don’t take advantage of it.

Instead I hear “there’s too much noise”, or “I don’t read blogs because of time management.”  Smart people are taking their time and producing epic shit and giving it away for us to download straight to our brains. The most you have to pay is an email address, or sharing it.

photo by kharied

There’s videos, blogs, and presentations on how to do anything. It’s easier than ever to become an expert in any field you want.

For example, a friend of mine was confused after one of his incredibly hard math classes. (which I have no idea what he’s saying when trying to explain it.) He went to a study group, and worked with a private tutor resulting in still being lost. How did he end up with an A in the class? Youtube! He started watching Youtube videos on the problems he didn’t understand and watched how the professors solved them.

Everything you read, watch and download has the potential to change your life or at least a lesson learned.

Every person who is traveling the world, living on their own terms, and living their dream life takes advantage of all the free content the Internet has to offer.

Just recently I’ve read:

• How to be Remarkable by Colin Wright
• The Flinch by Julien Smith
• Impossible: The Manifesto by Joel Runyon
• How to Start by Benjamin Spall
• The Tower by Chris Guillebeau
• The Writers Manifesto by Jeff Goins

Every one of these books are free. Plain and simple, you’re stupid to not take advantage of this. I would gladly take any one of them out to dinner to pay for the time and effort they put into their books. It’s a small price to pay for what I’ve learned from reading these books.

My New Project

I’ve started a new project for the new year. It’s a free online hockey magazine for anyone who loves this wonderful sport played on ice. Hockey has been a part of my life since I was walking. It’s a passion of mine, and I love filling my days with this sport as much as possible.

You can check it out here. I encourage you to sign-up and wait for the first edition to come out within the next 2 months. I have some amazing people lined up for the first edition. You have nothing to lose. If you don’t find the magazine useful. No problem, you can opt-out at anytime.

When I was first starting out coaching hockey I was only 23 years old. I was a good smart player. Even though I knew the game, I knew the game as a player not a coach. Now I found myself on the other side.

photo by orangeacid

Day one of try-outs was the first time I viewed any of the players on the ice. As I looked from above with the coaching staff we started to create our notes based on first impressions.

We concluded the day making no cuts, but had 4 kids we were sure wouldn’t make the team for the up coming season.

One kid in particular was a sophmore defenseman who had a horrible try-out. He was on the cutting list.

Because we didn’t make any cuts on the first day he had a second chance without really knowing it.

The second day was standard, and Matt played a little better than the previous day. We decided to keep him on the team as the 7th defenseman. He was an extra player who wouldn’t dress unless there was an injury. This still didn’t mean he was going to get any playing time.

Looking back on those two days I learned a valuable lesson in life. I will never judge on first impressions ever again.

Business – I promised myself that I would give everyone a legitimate shot. I would take on every client for at least a month. I would listen to everyones’ ideas and give the best feedback I had to offer.

Personal – I would allow everyone to step into part of my life initially for a short period of time. If we connect great, if not we go our separate ways.

Online – If I come across your blog and twitter stream I will read it. I will subscribe or follow without hesitation. You have one month to prove why I should stay. I feel this is enough time for me to understand your message and if your work is resonating with me. 

Coaching and Scouting – If I get wind of any players I know coming to my try-outs for the up coming season I will go watch them with their current team. I will talk to their current coach, and if possible even call their parents to understand not only their game but their personality.

I understand this can add up to time wasted, but I will take this risk of wasting time before letting a valuable asset in my life slip away.

You need more time than that initial connection to understand people. We’re complicated creatures with much more than just what you see from the outside. We have so much fear built up from past encounters that we don’t show everything we have to offer.

Protecting ourselves and others from life seekers just looking for power. Only caring about themselves and what they can get to strengthen their life.

To end the story, for the next 3 years Matt not only became our best defenseman, but our best player. He turned into a complete player that logged the most ice-time. He had the best plus minus of the team. He was a leader and played every single game from the first time he put on that jersey.

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Have you ever dismissed someone on a first impression to find out later that they’ve done wonderful things in their life? If yes, I hope you admit to yourself that you were wrong.

I received a surprise phone call from an ex teammate of mine. His name is Dave and I haven’t talked to him since our playing days together close to 7 years ago.

photo by Ashley Rose

I heard years back that he hit a tough time in his life. He started hanging out with the wrong crowd after hockey and started using drugs on a daily basis. When you’re in your early twenties and hearing ex teammates making these life changing decisions it leaves a pain deep inside of you.

When you’re a part of a team you spend many hours together. Making you close, not only calling them teammates, and friends, but brothers. That’s what a team is, a brotherhood. You’ve bled, sweat, puked and battled with these people to achieve the common goal of winning a championship.

I decided to meet with Dave and see how he was doing. Telling myself I’m not giving him money or helping him out in any way that would make me feel uncomfortable.

We met in a coffee shop and I was amazed finding Dave looking healthy and upbeat. Not remotely looking run down on drugs.

I found out he was 3 years sober and home for the holidays as he now resides in California.

He wanted to meet up with some of the people that had a positive influence on him in his past.

What he shared with me while sitting there drinking coffee about his recovery was fascinating. I thought I would share with you the key reasons he is where he is today. Almost 4 years sober.

1. Experts don’t always have the answer - They will give you guidelines and what they feel is right. Make sure you listen. Chances are there’s some truth to what they’re saying. Remember it’s about you and what’s inside you, not them.

2. Friends – You understand who your true friends are. Who runs for the hills, and who just wants to use you. Finding your true friends is one of the most important things you can do. I don’t recommend finding your true friends the way Dave discovered his. You learn more about people when times are tough then any other part of life.

3. Tribe – Who you hang out with has a huge influence on what you do, and potentially who you become. When he has playing hockey he was part of a brotherhood. When his hockey career was over he was lost and out of place. Before he knew it he was hanging out with the wrong people walking down the wrong path.

4. Control – If you don’t have control over your body and more importantly your mind, then you have nothing. When someone else or in Dave’s case a drug controls you, you have nothing until you can get back the control that you lost.

5. Discipline – Dave has to battle this addiction everyday. He doesn’t have days off. When you battle addiction, having a day off or even weak moments is unacceptable. One weak moment and his life could change back for the worse. All the hard work and time invested is gone.

Dave is now focusing all his energy on projects that make a difference in his life and others. He said that if he can focus on these projects like he focused on getting high he will make a huge impact in a very short period of time.

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In the next couple weeks I will be releasing a free guide to all my email subscribers. A short guide on what I’ve learned battling through life winning and losing all the games I’ve played.

I’ve learned a great deal this year. Unlike previous years I’ve shared a good amount of those lessons on this blog. Some hard and painful, others not so much.

My ultimate goal was to teach you a couple things, have a laugh or two, and more than anything make you think.

Just like everyone, I had my fair share of ups and downs. I’ve made some exciting discoveries, but also failed many experiments. One thing that I’m happy about were the amazing people I met. On the flip side though, it does come with the cost of letting other people go.

The list below highlights the important things I’ve learned this year.

• Everyone on the Internet is looking to fill some type of void in their life. Answers to questions they have. Filling in the gaps of time they have so they’re not bored. Following that desire to be a part of something and feel important. Searching for their passion and who they are.

• Listen at least once and give everyone a chance, on and off the web.

• Stats and numbers mean less than you think. No matter how many subscribers, friends on Facebook, or Twitter followers they have. If they add value in your life sync with them.

• If you want to be successful at this blogging thing you must write and read every day. No questions.

• You cannot fear the publish button and what people think. There will always be haters out there. The more haters you have, the more meaningful your work is becoming.

• Everything you do, and everything you write isn’t going to be epic. Deal with it, you just don’t know.

• At one point every year, life will break you. There’s no avoiding it. The key is what do you do after you’ve been broken.

• Who you hang out with and surround yourself with on and offline is so important. Remember you’re the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with.

• Reading books will only get you so far. You have to experiment, take risks and Do the Work.

• The harder, more uncomfortable path that makes you suffer and causes you pain is the route you should take. It’s the path less traveled, but the end result is worth 10 times over.

• You don’t have to unteather from everything.

• Sleep is more important than you realize. Go to bed, it can wait another day. You’re not a zombie.

• Chances are you’re going to fail more times then succeed. Keep taking risk, fear nothing, and trust me when you do finally succeed after all those fails it’s that much more special.

• If you can create or have an opportunity to join like minded people. Do it!

• Evernote and Spotifly are the apps (iPhone & Mac) I used the most this year. They help me out tremendously. I recommend them to anyone.

Here is my favorite blogs and favorite articles for the year 2011.

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I’m amped up and cannot wait for the new year. Join me next year for free by email or rss.

What important lessons have you learned in 2011? Share your lessons in the comments or better yet if you wrote a post on the topic add your link.

Two questions that’s been popping up in my inbox and twitter stream often is – “Ken, which blogs do you subscribe to and how do you find time to read them all? Questions that I often wonder myself about others.

Subscriptions

I personally subscribe to blogs that give me value in my life. People subscribe to blogs for different reasons. I’ve found the value I get in return is most important to me.

If I haven’t read a blog or found value in a couple months I unsubscribe and transfer my attention else where.

I’ve read about people subscribing to 100 plus blogs, which I find crazy. I don’t know how you can keep track of all the data coming in.

Finding Time

Early every morning I grab a nice cup of coffee and sit down in front of google reader. I admit I’m a scanner but I usually read at least the first part of the article. If I find myself bored or the article doesn’t interest me I archive and move on.

If I end up reading the entire article but it was just ok, yet again I archive and move on. I only share articles that I feel added value to myself and possible others.

Platforms

Alongside google reader I use Hootsuite. I plug all the articles I enjoyed into Hootsuite publisher. This allows me to schedule them throughout the day. I do this so I don’t overkill all of my followers’ streams.

My goal is to have the most valuable content I can handle come to me without having to go on a time-consuming journey to find it. I then share this beneficial content with others in the easiest, most efficient way.

Below you will find some popular blogs and some you might not have heard of. I’m not going to go into detail about them. Read some of their articles and see if it might be something for you.

• In Over Your Head by Julien Smith
• ZenHabits by Leo Babauta
• ViperChill by Glen Allsopp
• The Blog of Tim Ferriss by Tim Ferriss
• Seth’s Blog by Seth Godin
• The Nate Green Experience by Nate Green
• Think Traffic by Corbett Barr
• Corbett Barr’s Blog by Corbett Barr
• Illuminated Mind by Jonathan Mead
• The Blog of Impossible Things by Joel Runyon
• In Space We Trust by Manuel Loigeret
• The Minimalists by Joshua Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus
• ConversionXL by Peep Laja
• The Unlost by Therese Schwenkler
• Unbridled Existence by Chase Night
• The Panamerican by Mark Robertson
• The Friendly Anarchist  by Fabian Kruse
• Goins Writer by Jeff Goins
• The Art of Non-Conformity by Chris Guillebeau
• Andrew Caldwel’s Blog by Andrew Caldwel
• J. D. Bentley’s Blog by J.D. Bentley
• Life is Limitless by Caroline Leon
• Escaping the 9 to 5 by Maren Kate
• Michael Hyatt’s Blog by Michael Hyatt
• Rogue Priest by Drew Jacob
• Disrupting the Rabblement by Niall Doherty

When was the last time you received a hand written letter? I’m not talking about a post-it note from your partner to take out the garbage or do the dishes.

Remember, it would be a piece of paper constructed of words made from ink or led. The words would be similar to a child’s handwriting just learning how to write. The paper would have marks and crinkles showing that it wasn’t just pulled from a fresh paper stack.

How we connect and transfer our thoughts, feelings and ideas to others has changed drastically over the last 5 years. There’s no secret, change with the times or be left behind.

We choose to contact people through text messaging, email, or calling them on the phone. It’s easier, faster, and that’s how the receiver expects to be contacted.

We now use Twitter and Facebook because it’s guaranteed the receiver will get it. Why? Because we all hover over these platforms waiting for someone to talk to us. We all want to feel important and special. It makes us feel good inside when our name is mentioned or someone responds to an update.

On special occasions like birthdays and holidays we’ll get a card in the mail. Some cards are personal, while others feel mass produced. Sending cards is going extinct just like the dinosaurs.

When was the last time you sent or left a personal hand written letter? It’s a communication that’s dead, making it that much more meaningful.

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In the last 4 months I’ve left close to 25 letters for people. I haven’t sent one in the mail. I enjoy leaving them for people where they’re not expecting it. I’ve found that the surprise adds value to the letter itself.

I almost never sign my name at the end. Everyone knows I’m the only fool to leave a hand written letter in these times. Plus if something goes horribly wrong I can play the deny game to cover my ass.

These surprise letters written by my amazing hand writing consist of whatever is on my mind at the time. This can be dangerous at times.

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People’s first reaction is always confusion. Next they’re calling me laughing and telling me I’m nuts. At the end of the chat they thank me letting me know I’ve made their day.

That’s the reason I leave hand written letters. If you make someone’s day just a little better you’ve just made your day better.

Not once has someone told me to stop and not to do it again. Then again, I haven’t left any hate letters. I don’t recommend you leave any nasty letters either.

Now people are hoping for one of Ken’s crazy letters. Looking on their cars, doors, work space or any other interesting place I leave them.

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In the next couple days write a personal letter in your own hand writing. It can be funny, inspiring, or meaningful. I suggest just writing it and not thinking too much into it. Don’t rewrite it over and over if you make mistakes. Cross out the mistake and continue writing what’s on your mind.

Our best writing is when we just write. Put the pen to paper and let the hand flow.

You do this and I guarantee you will make their day. For that they’ll be thankful.

We all were born and raised to play a numbers game. Everything about our lives revolves around numbers.

We’re identified by our accounts, social security, and phone numbers. Our location is found by an address number. Transportation is by license plate, and license number. We judge and are judged by how much money we make.

Number here, number there, numbers everywhere. We’re surrounded by numbers everywhere we look. Corner stores advertising .99 gatorade and gas stations promoting their gas prices.

Online has not helped, just made it worse.

It’s so important to us how many twitter followers, and facebook friends we have.

Obsessing over how many new subscribers our blog has signed. Continuously wasting time tracking how much traffic we’ve generated to our websites. What if all your online numbers went back to 0?

Will we sit and stress over all these numbers? Allowing our mood to rapidly fluctuate depending on what numbers come in.

We think these numbers are the only thing to life. People destroying millions of lives for fudging numbers. Sad, but happens all the time.

Yes, some of these numbers matter, but how important are they?

Have you ever really thought about what numbers truly matter most to you? I have, it’s simple.

Thanksgiving Day was my 5th year wedding anniversary; bringing us to a total of 12 years together. These are the only numbers that are truly important to me.

Everything else comes second.

I asked some people what numbers matter most to them. Read below to hear what they had to say.

Enter Fabian Kruse

I’m not a fan of statistics, mathematics and number crunching, to be honest. I have no precise figures concerning the state of my bank accounts, my website visitors or my monthly spendings on chocolate ice cream.

Of course: Analyzing numbers can lead to important insights, inspire critical change efforts, and improve concrete life situations. That said, idolizing numbers often leads to blindness and stagnation – if the right interpretation is lacking or the digits are taken without keeping the context in mind.

In this spirit, for me there’s one number of crucial importance, and it’s 1+, “one or more”. Here are some reasons why:

1+

I’m certainly not rich by Western standards. But as long as I have $1+ on my bank account and I keep staying out of debt, I can feel the sun in my face as I walk on a path of freedom.

1+

Meeting people is one of my favorite things to do. I don’t always need to have crowds of people around me, though. But as long as I have 1+ friend who accompanies me, exchanges thoughts, ideas and dreams with me, I can feel love and openness wherever I happen to be.

1+

I don’t know how much longer I’ll be around, how much more time I have left on this beautiful planet. But as long as I have 1+ day, I can breathe, work, relax and enjoy every single second of it.

Enter J. D. Bentley

There are a handful of numbers I keep in my head, including my weight and body fat percentage, the number of projects I’m working on, the amount of money they are bringing me and the number of email subscribers I have.

But these numbers aren’t my goals. They are only the metrics by which I reach them. They are important not in and of themselves, but only as a more tangible representation of my path to success. The numbers aren’t what matter.

Intensity is to be valued above duration and excellence above amount. Number, in both cases, is only equipped to measure the latter.

Enter Andrew Caldwell

Numbers numbers everywhere and not a drop to drink. I’m surrounded by numbers all day, everyday. They’re my bread and butter (un)fortunately. Being an Engineer by day and super villain by night I try my best to avoid them and not give them too much unnecessary credit in my spare time.

My short career so far has been plagued with the little buggers and a few of my entrepreneurial pursuits have hinged on numbers, they’ve given me equal amounts of headaches and joy.

The week after Ken asked me to write something for him my paths crossed a number that had the potential to make or break summer (southern hemisphere).

They’re not supposed to, but those petty little digits have the ability to dictate your emotions, stress levels, the release of happy endorphins and sometimes your overall wellbeing. An expiring deadline you could be working towards, an hourly rate of an outsourced free lancer, the fluctuating interest rates of the reserve bank, they’ve all at times had me either cursing or rejoicing.

So as I sat there helpless awaiting the news of a number, I thought how ridiculous it was that one number had the potential to put a dampener on our evening, and the rest of the summer.

Let’s cut the suspense; after finishing a nursing degree and toiling away in the public hospital system for a couple of years my significantly better (and much more well spoken) half decided that a career wiping bums, treating wounds and being abused in an emergency department as a nurse wasn’t quite cutting the mustard. She got a full sail of wind and decided to pursue a passion for animals and the environment at university. Long story short, having to re-learn maths & chemistry after not talking of an element, denominator, proton or neutron for seven years wasn’t the easiest thing in the world to do.

A couple of false starts in exams, an unfortunate fail (ouch) and a re-attempt at the same subject, I sat there helplessly, having used all of my best lines of morale support (I got as ‘never mind’ and ‘it’ll be ok’…), there was nothing I could do. No bribery to lecturers or explaining scientific notation during dinner was going to help. If the pass mark for the subject didn’t flash those two silly digits, a five and a zero sitting happily next to each other to make the big fifty, we were screwed.

So as the internet browser slowly refreshed, bringing up the marks for the subject, and I had a minor coronary at seeing the mark for the previous attempt at the class (47), we both breathed a giant sigh of relief at the sight of a silly little seven sitting pretty next to an even sillier number one. Summer was saved and I’m sharing it with a chemistry genius, apparently.

Enter Manuel Loigeret

I associate numbers to colors. I don’t know why it’s wired like this in my brain but it is. For example 1 and 3 are blue. 2 and 6 are red. 4 and 8 are orange. 5 and 9 are green. 7 and 10 are black. It does not help to count but when I think of these numbers I see the colors too. I don’t know many people who do.One number is white and I believe this is one of special numbers. It’s 0 (zero).

This is the number I’m trying to reach. Because when you are at zero, you’re free. It’s a blank page of paper to write a new text. It’s the beginning of a new project. This is the exciting time.It also means everything else has been done. That I am not procrastinating.

Also I noticed zero is a concept that is not accepted everywhere. In Europe the ground floor is zero. And in North America it’s the 1st floor. There is no floor 0 in North America. It really does not make sense to me but I accept it. (It does not prevent me to sleep at night either).

Pi si also an intriguing value. It’s just there. It magically appears in geometry. What would happen if it was another value. Would our world be the same? Probably not. Einstein said we should be thankful to live in a universe where all these constants are as they are. It makes the world as we know it well balanced. Otherwise, will it collapse? Will life be different? I don’t know. But it makes the world magic.

Enter Niall Doherty

Some numbers I came across recently that gave me pause:

• 99.99 percent of all species that have ever lived on Earth are now extinct.
• Behaviorally modern human beings have existed for only about 0.0001 percent of the Earth’s history.
• The visible universe — the small fraction we know and can talk about — is a million million million million miles across (that’s a 1 with twenty-four 0′s after it).

It’s easy to feel insignificant upon seeing numbers like that, and you might even find yourself asking: Does anything I do really matter in the grand scheme of things?

Yes and no.

It matters in that you only have one life to live. The Universe is an incomprehensibly massive and essentially timeless place, but you still get to experience a small corner of it. Best not waste the privilege.

And for those times you find yourself worrying about taking a risk with your business or asking that girl out on a date or telling your boss what you really think of him… that’s when you need to remind yourself that you are indeed just a speck upon a speck in the cosmos, and nothing you do matters much at all.

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What numbers are truly important to you?

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Yesterday, December 4th was my 30th Birthday. Yes, I’ve heard it all weekend. I’m old, my hip and knees are about to give out, my speed is slowing down little by little, and the weight will be sneaking up on me now more than ever.

I feel better than ever and look forward to the next 30 years of my life.

All weekend I’ve been looking back at my years going through my head of all the great memories and lessons learned. The good, the bad, and the “never will I forgets”.

I’ve learned a great deal over the last 30 years through experiments, reading, and connecting with some amazing people; some of those people through this blog, Thank You!

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Joshua and Ryan of The Minimalists wrote two amazing posts when they turned 30. 30 Life Lessons From 30 Years and 30 More Life Lessons from 30 Years. They both did an amazing job which I’m sure I couldn’t match.

I will give you this though. Below you’ll find my favorite 30 blog posts that I’ve read this year.

(Chase Night and Ev Bogue were included, but they decided they wanted to delete their articles so I couldn’t link to them.)

To the power of getting old.

• The Brief Guide to Sucking at Life by Julien Smith
• What’s Your Start-up’s “Bus Count”? 7 Myths of Entrepreneurship and Programming by Tim Ferriss
• How to Really Build Backlinks and Dominate Google by Glen
• Do you act or react? by Manuel Loigeret
• Why deviants are more important than gurus by Mark Robertson
• Life Isn’t Fair: So Why Play by the Rules? by Maren Kate
• Stop Apologizing for Your Art by Jeff Goins
• Why Your College Degree Doesn’t Mean Sh** by Therese Schwenkler
• The Complete Guide to Not Giving a F*ck by Julien Smith
• One Weird Way to Get a Larger Audience by Jeff Goins
• Last Man Walking by Fabian Kruse
• How To Setup Google Calendar On Your iPhone 4 by Michael Hyatt
• Nice People Don’t Change The World by Joel Runyon
• Qualifications by Chris Guillebeau
• Worker Bees & Coffee Cups by Andrew Caldwell
• Taking Your Own Advice Is the Hardest Pill to Swallow by Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus
• How I Rescued a Woman (I Think, I Hope) by Drew Jacob
• On the Future of Books: A Discussion with Seth Godin by Leo Babauta
• 5 Ways To Make More Time to Read  by Michael Hyatt
• The Best Way to Solve a Problem: Give Up by Jonathan Mead
• Rewrite the Rules by Corbett Barr
• How Business School Killed the Entrepreneur (and some worthy alternatives) by Scott Dinsmore
• My Biggest Secret by Niall Doherty
• A New Way of Training – 1 Minute’s by Chris
• For the Guys Who Don’t Work Out (400 Word Rant) by Nate Green
• The Ultimate Warrior Challenge by Nate Green
• No Amount of Caffeine Can Motivate You Above a Great Idea by Benjamin Spall
• 8 Ways to Organize Your Life with Google Docs by Jenny Blacke
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