I’d like to think that growth, contribution, courage, and exploration are some of my top values. I would like to consider myself the type of person who values trying new things and exploring the sheer variety of this life. However, Steve Pavlina recently posted a comment on Google Plus in response to a [...]

Today, I feel appreciation, curiosity, and wonder at this world and the people in it. There’s so much that I don’t know or understand that I really feel like a fish out of water trying to find its way home.

I appreciate the pain I feel in my lower back and the reminder of [...]

Success can be learned from man’s best friend, the dog. There’s three things dogs do that we humans cannot match them on. That is hunger, action, and clarity. We have dogs beat in knowledge, but knowledge alone is not enough to succeed.

Hunger

Dogs have an immense desire to eat. I think most [...]

Help with website? You’ve built a website and had it for a while now. You’re not making much money, if any, from it. Not many are finding it in the search engines and you’re stuck on what you should do to make it better. To you I say, hello, and welcome to the [...]

Darren Rowse of ProBlogger recently posted to his Google + profile a “Bloggers Discuss” post. In it, he asked what some of the techniques were that people used to increase readership/traffic to their website/blog. One of the key points he mentioned that has worked for him is “The Readers You Have.” [...]

Last time I wrote about being paralyzed by choice. With so much to do, how does one decide where to go next? Well, I’ve decided I am going to take the do nothing approach. I don’t mean I’m going to sit on my hands and wish for something. I do [...]

I’ve spent the last couple days wrestling with my next niche website idea. I feel a bit paralyzed, I have to admit. I think I have several good ideas, but I also am writing another book and working on a game development company. Not to mention my full time job and family. Is this [...]

I recently purchased a very well thought out book by Lisa Irby on niche websites (I’ll review it at a future date and link it here). After reading through it, I really began to think about the concept of creating niche websites. Why should I make them? Sure, we all want to change [...]

I am afraid. I’m afraid that I’m not being a good enough dad and husband. I’m afraid at work that the company will decide to just get rid of me. I’m afraid that I offend some people with the decisions I make. I’m afraid I miss out on friendships because of my lack of [...]

Good doesn’t take long to achieve. Average takes less time still. What about being great? Michael Jordan, Larry bird, and Magic Johnson were great at basketball. Bill Gates is great at understanding technology. Jim Brickman is great at playing the piano. Bon Jovi is a great musician. Oprah is a great talk show [...]