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Work Out Your Discipline Like a Muscle

A lot of the most successful people I know have habits that appear odd at first glance. They may eat an inordinate number of pistachios and eat no carbs (or, even odder, somehow eat only carbs and...

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Why I Forced Myself to Become a Morning Person (and How You Can, Too)

I am naturally a night-owl. Some of my biggest moments of productivity and inspiration used to come late at night, working at my desk, while everybody else was asleep. I would work furiously at the...

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Three Virtues of Thanksgiving

I love Thanksgiving and Christmas. These two holidays capture everything I find inspiring about the human spirit and the culture around them has a tendency to bring out the best in people. Between the...

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Navigating the Labyrinth of Life with Ambition Mapping

One of my deepest fears is waking up one day and living a life that I did not create. I’ve met far too many people — young and old — who realize they are living a life that they fell into rather than...

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The Most Valuable Thing You Can Do Right Now: Author Yourself

This piece was originally published at The Mission.  I consider myself a pretty ambitious person. There are things I want to accomplish, people I want to influence, and places I want to see. But it is...

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Show Up Every Day and Do The Work

This piece was originally posted at The Mission. There’s an old Woody Allen quotation that “80% of success is just showing up.” This quotation is used to motivate people to get started on what they...

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Stephen Covey’s Favorite Quotation

This week, I had the pleasure of hearing Chris McChesney give a fantastic keynote on his book, The Four Disciplines of Execution (which is discussed in Doers 017 with Joshua Fischer),  at the State...

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How to Get Ahead When You Have Nothing to Offer

This is the tentative introduction to my new book out this winter. Sign up on one of my Sumo boxes to get early access as a beta reader and/or help me choose a cover. This was originally published at...

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Do Harder Stuff to Become a Better Person

Always choose harder stuff. When given the option to choose between something challenging and rewarding and something less challenging and less rewarding, always choose the more challenging thing. We,...

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Stop Relying on Motivation & Willpower to Succeed

Don’t rely on your willpower to accomplish your tasks. No matter how many articles you read about Elon Musk getting everything done before 3 AM or how you can write a book in a week if you just drink...

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