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- - - | written by Jason on 11/4/2009 | - - -

A Quick Note About All The Things You Can’t Do

I'm not sure if you've heard, but the economy is bad. Like, really bad. It's not a good time to go out and do anything outlandish, like start a business or invest in learning a new skill. You definitely want to keep risk taking to a minimum, that's for sure. Oh, and the housing market is still pretty bad -- and we're now getting into the worst part of the year -- so don't even think about trying to sell your home, because no one will buy it. It's always better to not try at all than to try and fail and be disappointed, right? *Ahem.* …

- - - | written by Jason on 8/14/2009 | - - -

Escape the Cube: Free Ebook & Interview with Pamela Slim

Are you in your dream job? Do you sometimes wish you could be like Jerry Maguire and rebelliously leave your current workplace behind and break out on your own? Or are you thinking, "Yeah, right, in this economy? I'm glad I HAVE a job!" We had a chance to interview Pamela Slim, author of the blog and book called Escape from Cubicle Nation. She is a seasoned coach and writer who helps frustrated employees in corporate jobs break out and start their own business. We turned the interview into an ebook, which you can download for free. In it you will: Gain insight on whether you should …

- - - | written by Jason on 7/30/2009 | - - -

The Opposite of Success is Not What You Think

Pop quiz: What is the opposite of success? I'm no psychic, but I'm gonna go ahead and guess that you'd probably say that the opposite of success is failure. That would be wrong. The opposite of success, as Joe Malarkey (the Worst Motivational Speaker in America) recently reminded me, is doing nothing. Failure is actually an integral part of success. Joe points out that all successful people have failed. They just didn't stay there very long. We hate failing. We really hate losing. Most of us go to great lengths to avoid experiencing either. Everyone who's ever learned to ride a …

- - - | written by Jason on 2/19/2009 | - - -

Your Recession-Proof Inner Child

Old people are often accused of being stuck in their ways. "Old" is a relative term, though. It does seem to be that as our age climbs, we tend to get more comfortable and less open to change. But that can begin to happen just as easily when you're in your twenties as when you're taking advantage of the senior citizen discount at Applebees. This little trait doesn't usually serve us all that well. Even less so during economic recessions. …

- - - | written by Jason on 1/8/2009 | - - -

The World’s Tallest Snowman (I Mean Snowwoman)

Is it possible for a whole town to be Adultitis-free? I don't know about that, but Bethel, Maine sure comes close. In 1999, the ski town of about 2,400 residents set the record for world's tallest snowman. In 2008, the record was finally broken. By them. This time, they built a "snowwoman" and she was no dainty lass. …

- - - | written by Jason on 12/4/2008 | - - -

What Did YOU Want To Be?

One of the questions that Kim and I almost always ask when we interview someone is, "When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?" Sometimes the answer to that question is the best sound byte of the whole interview. It's certainly always interesting, and it never ceases to amaze me how often it ties in to the life's work of the interviewee. Particularly the ones who are doing what they love. Our friend Brett Farmiloe is making a career out of getting people to think differently about their career paths. We interviewed him a while back (listen to it here) and when we …

- - - | written by Kim on 10/11/2008 | - - -

Ginormously Fun Goals

Even in this "supersize it" culture, there's something magically childlike about seeing the world's largest pumpkin. Steve Connolly turned his hobby into a passion, setting a personal goal of growing the biggest pumpkin in the world! How childlike is this?! Apparently the conditions were "just right" this year in Sharon, Massachusetts, which helped to bring his record setting pumpkin to a whopping 1,878 lbs... and its still growing about 11 lbs. per day! Yikes! The coolest thing to think about, though, is that this very same pumpkin started from a seed just five months ago. Whew... I'm …

- - - | written by Kim on 8/30/2008 | - - -

Jump off the Conveyer Belt

We recently started back on the road for a fall filled with speaking gigs. One thing Jason talks about is to "Stop living by rules that don't exist." This is a major way to fight your Adultitis. Living by this philosophy is exactly what gives the typical two-year-old the bad rap as "terrible." In defense of parents of toddlers everywhere, let me point out that two-year-olds are in the business of testing everything, discovering the world around them and how they fit into it... which doesn't always look pretty. Jason and I joke that inevitably there's always a two or three-year-old throwing a …

- - - | written by Kim on 7/21/2008 | - - -

Tip of the Week: Daydream Believer

This week’s Escape Plan challenge (aka our Tip of the Week) is #6: Daydream Believer: Write down one big dream of yours. Draw or find a picture to go with it and put it somewhere you will see it often. This is such a fun challenge! Who doesn't like to dream about the future? It's inevitably filled with hope and possibilities of wonderful blessings! The law of attraction is a mysterious thing. I had a neat moment last Friday when I was cleaning out some papers near my desk. I found two copies of Wisconsin Women Magazine, one from October 2007 and one from December 2007. I remember picking …

- - - | written by Jason on 5/14/2008 | - - -

How To Be An Action Hero

One of my blog posts recently received a very intriguing comment. It was loaded with interesting observations and great questions and I wanted to address them here. As much as I love reading your website, and others like yours, I have realized that reading about it, and actually doing something about it is 2 different matter. Believe me, I've been a long-term reader of sites such as yours and am always comforted by the fact that there are people out there like you. I also talk about your sites, and my thoughts with my friends. But lately, my friends have come to the conclusion that, yes, …

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