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How To Effectively Podcast To A Global Audience
How to Get in Charge of Your Own Agenda Again
Do you know this scenario: You wake up, get in front of your computer, navigate to your email inbox and get sucked into the endless stream of other people’s agendas? You lose hours upon hours doing things that weren’t urgent nor were they helping you move your...
Interview with Michael Hyatt (Plus a Very Special Offer)
Michael Hyatt shares his thoughts on creating a platform that will maximize your chances of having a successful career, being noticed in this noisy world and positioning yourself in the best way possible. Be sure to buy his brilliant book Platform today in order to...
How I Unleashed My Inner Legend and How You Can Tap Into Yours
Had you met me a year ago, you’d have met a tiny, insecure girl with no self-confidence whatsoever. Today, I am standing tall, voice my opinion and make an impact on other people’s lives. The past year was a year of transformation, finding myself and evolving into a...
Why Aaron Goldfarb Likes to Fail and How Failure Can Enrich Your Life Too
Aaron Goldfarb is the author of the hilarious, but also deep book "How to Fail - The Self-Hurt Guide". I wanted to share his unique point of view with you on this blog. We often are so serious about everything in life and forget to have a good time, both in our jobs...
Blog World NYC Day One
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Interview with Jon Morrow
Today I am honored to share an interview with blogging superstar Jon Morrow! If you don't do anything else today but read this interview, you'll have learned and grown as a person as much as others do in a lifetime. Jon is the associate editor of CopyBlogger, the...
The Island I Never Left
Two years ago today, I woke up in one of the nicest hotels I’d ever seen—white sheets, sun pouring through sheer curtains, the skyline of Los Angeles humming outside the window. The kind of morning that should have felt ordinary, but wasn’t. My chest was electric with...
Interview with Chris Guillebeau
A few weeks ago, I had the honor of interviewing Chris Guillebeau of The Art of Non-Conformity. Chris has made it his mission to travel every country of the world before he turns 35 and he is well on his way of achieving this incredible goal. But not only that, he is...
Interview with Penelope Trunk
I have a confession to make: I am terrified of calling people. I don’t why, but something about not seeing people’s faces and expressions when talking to them makes me feel extremely awkward. At the same time, I am actually quite shy and often at a loss for words and...
Why Failing at Committing Suicide was The Biggest Blessing of My Life
My eyes open reluctantly. My head feels heavy and my mind is numb. I see my mom sobbing, feel my dad checking my pulse. It’s February 28th, 2006 and I had just tried to commit suicide. This day had been coming for a number of years. All the pressure that I had been...
On Dying, Anorexia and Fighting for Your Life
"Looking at you, I am shocked." The doctor looked me in the eyes in order to stress her point. My recovery from anorexia was not going to be easy. This was the moment I had been dreading for months. This was the moment when I needed to face reality and myself. I had...