The other day, I had the pleasure of hanging out with a new friend, Ramit Sethi , the author of New York Times bestselling book, I Will Teach You To Be Rich and founder of the wildly popular blog, IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com . We were spinning on all sorts of topics, from personal finance to behavioral change, the psychology of persuasion, marketing, strategy, media, publishing. All common interests we’re both passionate about.

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7 Words That Can Transform Your Business And Life

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Part of growing and evolving is intentionally testing the boundaries of an experience that’s perceived outwardly as success, but that’s begun to feel inwardly complacent. Doing that means taking a risk, both in ego and ease. It means going from being on top of your game (or, at least the perception) to potentially stumbling, falling down, not knowing which way is up.

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Taking Out The Thrash

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Guest post from Peter Shallard, the Shrink for Entrepreneurs. Check out his blog or for mini Jedi-mind-tricks, follow @PeterShallard on Twitter ++++ The idea to write this post started with a twitter conversation Jonathan kicked off with these words of wisdom: Don’t lead with “how’m I gonna make money?” Instead, ask “how’m I gonna blow people away and change lives?” Most of us can agree that this principal is spot on for entrepreneurs with big dreams. When Nathan Hangen added Sometimes internal motivators aren’t aligned with success … I knew he had put his finger on an issue I’ve personally witnessed time and time again.

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Are You Obsessed With Money, Freedom or Impact?

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Earlier this year,  Chris Guillebeau and I had the pleasure of sharing some thoughts about being fearless at the TEDx conference at Carnegie Mellon. Well, we’ve both been thinking a lot about fear and the creative process since then and wanted to take the conversation deeper in a joint discussion. So, we’ve put together a panel idea called “ Fear and the Art of Creation” and presented it to the crew at South By Southwest for consideration in next year’s interactive conference

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Fear And The Art of Creation

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“The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanely sensitive. To them… a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is an ecstasy, a friend is a lover, a lover is a god, and failure is death. Add to this cruelly delicate organism the overpowering necessity to create, create, create — so that without the creating of music or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning, their very breath is cut off… They must create, must pour out creation.

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55 Quotes To Inspire Creativity, Innovation and Action

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I’m writing this final dispatch from NYC, after very deliberating missing last week’s dispatch. There’s a reason for that… A while back I wrote post about how an increasing number of bands were getting pissed off at fans using their cell-phones to record and share their concerts in real-time .

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Bali Dispatch #5: Aussies, Freak-fests, Train-rides and Truths

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This week’s guest contributor is my friend, Alexis Neely . On the outside, Alexis is a driven mom entrepreneur who has built two million dollar plus businesses, trains lawyers, and appears frequently on television.

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Too Smart For Your Business?

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Imagine having no last name and more than 25% of the population having the same first name as you… That’s how it works in Bali. Here, kids aren’t given any old name

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Bali Dispatch #4: Village People, Hidden Art and Selling Out

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So, remember how I said we were gonna get a house to settle into in Bali? Yeah, well that didn’t happen. This adventure is teaching me so much about being fluid.

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Bali Dispatch #3: Tap Dancing in Paradise

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Today’s post is the second in our summer guest post extravaganza. It’s from my friend and contract limitation-killer, Danielle LaPorte, the creator of WhiteHotTruth.com and The Fire Starter Sessions . You can also find her on Twitter @daniellelaporte ++++ “You can’t change the world from the rear-view mirror.” – Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop When I get a group of entrepreneurs together in a room we kick off with introductions, and here’s what I request of people: When you introduce yourself, please give us: Your cocktail line

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Cocktail Lines and True Presence: the Power of Not Relying on Your Past

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