A Perspective
Individuality often takes shape as a business.
If the cheerleaders still do it for you, great. It's better when you generate your own, a sheer exhilaration for the hope of what could be. It could happen, you just know it! What does it take to raise that kind [more]
The way you look at things from where you are is your perspective, your point of beginning. When responding to our inner compulsions, perspective is a teetering gyroscope. Perspective is the capacity to view things in their true relations or relative [more]
We are beyond feeling the rhythm and cadence of daily work; we merely follow along. It's the dissonant and the contrary that get our attention - and make us frustrated. Are trials and hardship against Nature? Does a seedling, pushing upward through [more]
We're full up! Too much information, too much change, too much serious stuff! One by one we are finding out that we attract people and are attracted to people who are having a good time, especially when they are working! A natural [more]
To fully understand something, we have to look at it with our full attention until we catch the flow. It has to be worth your time. Some things are worth spending your time and money on - even if it [more]
Can I do two things at once? Not "multi-tasking." Life is more than doing what pays off materially. We can get trapped in thinking that life is nothing more than what we see and hear. Yes, no one cares about what's [more]
“Selling” is simply talking about something in a way that people can relate to it. “I sell constantly, all day,” says Ben Wehde, WordPress black belt and all-around easy-going guy. “I’m selling a world vision that I believe in, and that [more]
The Entrepreneur's Way: Being human. Perfectly imperfect. Unique non-linear shape. Vision is providing seeds for the new economy. Connect the dots: Self-motivation > Self-expression > Goods & Services > Web sites and social media > exchange & [more]
Connecting with people through a Web site is a virtual meeting. You're not usually at your computer when they drop by, and wouldn't know it, even if you were. So, how can you be sure you met? On your side of [more]
We Create the Work We Love To Do
Do you love what you do? Whether you're at a job, creating or running a business, going to school or working at home, you naturally create the work you love to do. If you don't love it yet, the obstacles may be [more]
I created a new description for myself: "Social Business Provocateur." I provoke social business to make entrepreneurs have fun with work. (Mainly so I have someone to play with!) Do you have fun? I represent a cross-culture, on the edge of Nerdville, [more]
A much overlooked step in making a dream a reality is equipping the mind for the journey. Free your mind! When there's a chasm between you and your dream, build a bridge in your mind, and then walk over [more]
Check out the newly-designed HB News, I'll send it right to you. This was more fun than any business writing I've ever done. I know you'll like it! You, too, are already doing work that you love to do - great and [more]
When we say, "That's life," we mean that the whole jumble of blood, sweat, tears and laughter is Life. The pieces of life can be hard to explain to a child, for instance, but we can assure anyone that the piece [more]
The word passion tends to come up among entrepreneurs. I've never had passion, I'm pretty sure. But I am tenacious and dedicated. When I get to talk with someone who lets me talk long about what I do, some excitement does [more]
You're working diligently on your own project, making great progress. You go into a meeting where you either share your ideas or enter as part of a team. Suddenly, nothing works the way you planned. No one sees it your [more]
"We were living this life that was a dream - the way we wanted to live. ...Somehow it worked, it seemed perfect. But we had to face the reality that we are not as well off as we thought we [more]
Blogging is a public journal, Twitter is a t-shirt, Facebook is a frat party, and Google Plus is all of them in one. Eavesdropping is [more]
Is your internal fire weak or strong? Why aren't we all highly motivated? A better question is, when are you highly motivated? Every human being is wired for survival, and to seek a greater good. That is the world of the Human [more]
Getting out of the box creates some pretty interesting dynamics. Some people still think the box is the right way to do things. You gotta get out sometimes! We move in and out of the box as we grow. The only [more]
You can do the deeds, but when they line up behind your deepest natural motivation, they become the train behind your locomotive. Ah yes, that's [more]
The virtual world helps us envision possibilities, get them warmed up, and meet like-minded people. Inspiration continually powers the body with a life force so we can actually chisel the vision. Love the [more]
What great, difficult challenge are you facing right now, and which, a the same time, is personally very [more]
"The real 21st Century around us isn't so obvious to us, so we spend our time responding rationally to a world which we understand but which no longer [more]
I can't encourage people to take the kind of big risks I'm taking now. Life mashed me into a corner, and it could be because I didn't take smaller risks earlier. It's funny. No one thinks of you as an entrepreneur [more]
Control is an illusion. Cooperating with nature gives us greater power over its forces. Consider the hot air [more]
September 2012 was impossible to figure out. Something new happened, something beautiful, and it happened fast, all in a jumble. I had to let go of the old and get on board without knowing the vehicle or the destination. It [more]
Living your dream is hard work, in actuality. If that's what your work is all about, be counted as one who is taking the risk to work out your [more]
Individuality is unmistakable, and it often takes shape as a business! Learn to be and work where your motivation renews itself, in your creative work [more]
Life is what happens while you are busy making mistakes. Whatever happens consistently in your life is the core of your flow. Recognize it and accept the work that comes with it. Life often hands you opportunities that match your [more]
The reason business start-ups seem so disorganized and illogical is that we are creating something that does not yet exist. There is no blueprint. The vision draws us toward it and we work out its path - here - according [more]
Being stuck can actually help you regain perspective. It may seem like circumstances dictate success or failure, but being stuck is an opportunity to consider questions that may not otherwise get any attention at all. Like, "What is the point of it [more]
The art of anything is to pay attention to its finer points. By improving a thing to its root - as we are inspired to do so - we leave our signature on it. On the surface, our work may [more]
Connecting heart to hand engages the spirit of work. It's the rhythm of our nature, set free to do what we are here to do. Whatever the work you do, think of your life, your loves and your dreams. You may [more]
Google's celebration of Alan Turing is a beautiful tribute to the father of computer science, and to the endless innovation his work spawned. We cannot know what our work will lead to. Turing surely was a man who loved his work. As a fan [more]
When we create work for ourselves to pursue a dream, we take on obstacles the way a knight goes after a dragon. We own it, we put our hearts into it with spirit. We don't even call it "work." It's simply what has [more]
People are software. Everything else is hardware. Systems and structures are mere copies of what is natural and intuitive for people. What works best is anything that works with people the way we are, and extends our natural intelligence and [more]
“Enjoy the process” means to remember that when you live out your vision you are where you choose to be. By maintaining your focus on a life with meaning, you can avoid the seduction of success that can lead you [more]
The union of heart and mind leads to offspring. Inspiration and an intention to live life with meaning will produce fruit. The human spirit has a natural sense of direction that moves from the inside to the outside. It is a [more]
If the world was perfect, and you had all the time, money and cooperation you needed to accomplish your dream, what would it look like? Work that vision. How would it work? What do you already have? What pieces are missing? [more]
To start with heart, realize what it is you would like to see most in your life, and then ask yourself "Why?" until you get to the root of it. Who is there? What will be satisfied in that relationship [more]
Four simple steps for living with purpose
From the inside out: 1. Start with heart. 2. Free your mind. 3. Watch for fruit. 4. Enjoy the [more]
All work is creative when you feel the flow
Artists and entrepreneurs can relate to what director Marc Webb says about his creative work in The Amazing Spider-Man: "First you have to feel something, you have to feel a sense about what you’re trying to create once you have that [more]
Creativity is the property of the person who is inspired. Daniel H. Pink behind a whiteboard animation by RSA Animate: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates [more]
Putting one's heart into something is a powerful source of energy - and potential risk. Your whole heart powers the discovery of what you are uniquely equipped to give the world. When you muster the courage to follow your heart's [more]
Failure stories can be the best advice
Aaron Wall of SEOBook gives some of the best and most honest leadership in the SEO world. This is one [more]
To be organic, an organization must give people freedom to use their natural gifts. The way to lead an organic organization is to inspire the people. What's your [more]
In a changing world, those who have work are happy to have it; others are eager to work. When life's pieces fall into your hands, be [more]
We are on the first leg of a long journey. Imagine the first 20 years of the 20th Century. We gradually adjust and absorb technology, changing everyday life, but being human remains [more]
Trust Agent Chris Brogan tells on everyone we hold up as a potential model of success: "They were hungry. They were starving. They were under the gun to deliver. All of them." Don't give [more]
Is there a "Steve Jobs method"?
The creative way is the Apple way: we'll help you with some tools, but you make your own game. There are methods taught for success but it's a "do what I do and you'll get what I got" system. Does your [more]
Work it, don't push it. "It's the hustle that gets the job done!" said the hare to the tortoise. "We'll see." said the [more]
The natural and organic entrepreneur
The natural and organic entrepreneur is aware of a creature attachment to human nature and the natural life force that flows through us. Stay close to the [more]
Harmony in the business environment requires a natural flow between people and computers. SEO objective: natural and organic language [more]
Natural common ground between artists and entrepreneurs
Artists and entrepreneurs are identical in at least one way: We live in our creative side more than our logical side. Why? Because you have to deny reality, to some degree, to conquer its obstacles. We bring new things to [more]
Lead the machine with the natural and organic
We are cyborg - part human, part machine. We live and breathe technology now and people sometimes forget that - once you master a few principles - people are still in charge. Use a right perspective to stay natural and organic, [more]
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